closed book
Example Sentences
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Mr Ba may have been on the political scene for the last decade, but he is a bit of a closed book for most.
From BBC • Mar. 22, 2024
“As you know, I’m not normally a closed book on this stuff,” Sean told me.
From Washington Post • Apr. 26, 2023
When she was growing up, Xie said, stories about this era were a closed book.
From New York Times • Sep. 19, 2022
In a way, it was a good ending, in the fact that it wasn’t completely definitive or a closed book.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2020
Like one parent who’s too busy, another who doesn’t do deep conversations and a grandmother who’s like a closed book with a padlock on the front?
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
