closed book
Example Sentences
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Given founding members of the competition could not be 'relegated' from it, critics argued the tournament was a closed book for Europe's elite teams.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2025
“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
A lot of the stuff we know as fact turns out to be closed book fiction, a version of the truth steeped in the memory and settled now as a matter of certainty.
From The Guardian • Apr. 26, 2020
I'd glance at her occasionally, but that girl is a closed book.
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
