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something that is not known or cannot be understood; a mystery or puzzle: Abstract art is a closed book as far as I'm concerned.[1910-15]
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closed book to me — If a subject is a closed book to you, it is something that you don t understand or know anything about … The small dictionary of idiomes
closed book — noun something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained how it got out is a mystery it remains one of nature s secrets • Syn: ↑mystery, ↑enigma, ↑secret • Derivationally related forms: ↑enigmatic ( … Useful english dictionary
closed book — {n.} A secret; something not known or understood. * /The man s early life is a closed book./ * /For Mary, science is a closed book./ * /The history of the town is a closed book./ … Dictionary of American idioms
closed book — {n.} A secret; something not known or understood. * /The man s early life is a closed book./ * /For Mary, science is a closed book./ * /The history of the town is a closed book./ … Dictionary of American idioms
closed\ book — noun A secret; something not known or understood. The man s early life is a closed book. For Mary, science is a closed book. The history of the town is a closed book … Словарь американских идиом
closed book — noun A person or thing that cannot be easily understood; someone or something incomprehensible or puzzling. Her courteous, sedate, inexorable husband, whose will she could not bend, whom she could not cajole, whose mind was a closed book to her … Wiktionary
closed book — /kloʊzd ˈbʊk/ (say klohzd book) noun 1. a subject about which one knows nothing: *From now on, the better part of his life would be a closed book to any but himself –henry handel richardson, 1917. 2. a matter which has been completely finished …
closed book to me — If a subject is a closed book to you, it is something that you don t understand or know anything about. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
Closed book to me — If a subject is a closed book to you, it is something that you don t understand or know anything about … Dictionary of English idioms
closed book to someone — a closed book (to someone) british phrase someone or something that you do not know or understand anything about Modern art is a closed book to me. Thesaurus: mysteries, riddles and unknown things or peoplesynonym Main entry: closed … Useful english dictionary
