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closed book

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closed book
n.
A person or thing that cannot be known or understood; something unfathomable or puzzling.
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Noun1.closed bookclosed book - something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained; "how it got out is a mystery"; "it remains one of nature's secrets"
enigma, mystery, secret
perplexity - trouble or confusion resulting from complexity
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It was a matter of masculine pride that he should walk with them, and he had done so in fair seeming; but women had remained to him a closed book, and he preferred a game of solo or seven-up any time.
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The material achievement and progress of the West was a closed book to her; nor could the West open the book.
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