He was trying to explain a culture and a way of life to a man for whom it was totally foreign.
The reason was in his being totally foreign to the spirit of times.
Christians would claim this is totally foreign to true Christianity.
The language is only part of the problem because they're coming into a totally foreign culture.
Some things are for certain, though: the meaning of the word 'love' is totally foreign to her.
The village she sped through was both familiar and totally foreign.
If nothing else, it seemed clear that you would need much time to establish communication with a totally foreign species.
He was able to master alien principles of technology totally foreign to his culture and environment.
Essentially I've created something from nothing for myself in a totally foreign country.
Watching them became like hearing obviously serious discourse in a totally foreign language.