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closed book ['kləuzd'buk]stresses
gen. закрытое дело; исчерпанный вопрос; тайна за семью печатями (a subject or problem that someone does not know about or understand. Например: Mathematics has always been a closed book to me. teterevaann); вещь непостижимая (a subject or person about which one knows nothing. accounting has always been a closed book to me. NOED Alexander Demidov); что-то неизвестное; что-то непонятное
book. книга за семью печатями
busin. закрытая бухгалтерская книга
idiom. труднопонимаемое (thing that cannot be easily understood Interex); непонятное (Interex); загадочное (Interex)
closed-book
gen. без использования справочного материала (adj. referring to exams in which external resources such as glossaries, study notes, calculators, etc are prohibited At the final level folks had to write a closed-book exam. The researchers seemed impressed that practice retrieving facts worked better than making concept maps with the text in front of them at preparing students for a closed-book test even when the test itself involved making concept maps. I am sorry to inform you that there will be a closed-book final examination at the end of the course. wordnik.com Alexander Demidov)
closed book: 7 phrases in 4 subjects
Agriculture1
General1
Makarov2
Proverb3