Sentence examples similar to a riddle wrapped in an question from inspiring English sources

"I don't think anybody knew him," reminisces Rachel Ward (as Ada, the love of Otto's life) suggesting Bloom was "a riddle wrapped in a question mark".

Gulbis is a riddle wrapped in an enigma.

Bizarre's Smart Gordon is a riddle, wrapped in an enigma, tucked up in a mystery and left to moulder at the back of a puzzle.

Questioningly stalwarts were in top form this week: @anglescott went aphoristic, declaring that "Twitter is the dime store in the marketplace of ideas," and @jaelmchenry, with a nearly perfect mix of accuracy and randomness, suggested, "A riddle wrapped in an enigma wrapped in typos wrapped in bacon".

It's a riddle wrapped in an enigma wrapped in a bad joke.

"A riddle wrapped in an enigma," as Joe Pesci's character nervously barks -- great stuff!

Lisa remarks Nelson is "like a riddle wrapped in an enigma wrapped in a vest," a reference to "a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma"; this was Winston Churchill's opinion of Russia at the outbreak of the World War II.