May 20, 2012

Idiom: a closed book

A closed book is something or somebody that is a mystery: something or somebody that you know nothing about, or don't understand.


Examples of use:

1. Our new neighbour is a closed book. Nobody knows who he is, or where he's from.

2. Global warming is a closed book to me.

3. I can't figure him out – he's a closed book.

4. Physics and chemistry were a closed book to me at school!  


The expression 'it's all Greek to me' has a similar meaning.  


Have you heard anybody use these expressions?

Can you make sentences with them?    

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