open book

Related to open book: Open Book Fracture

an open book

1. Something that is easy to understand or decipher. These legal contracts are anything but an open book.
2. One who acts (or purports to act) honestly, with no secrets. Ask me anything, I'm an open book. Adam says he's an open book, but I've seen him sneaking out of his house late at night.
See also: book, open
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

(like an) open book

Fig. [of someone or something] easy to understand. Jane's an open book. I always know what she is going to do next. The committee's intentions are an open book. They want to save money.
See also: book, open
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

open book

Something or someone that can be readily examined or understood, as in His entire life is an open book. This metaphoric expression is often expanded to read someone like an open book, meaning "to discern someone's thoughts or feelings"; variations of this metaphor were used by Shakespeare: "Read o'er the volume of young Paris' face," ( Romeo and Juliet, 1:3) and "O, like a book of sport thou'lt read me o'er" ( Troilus and Cressida, 4:5). [Mid-1800s] For an antonym, see closed book.
See also: book, open
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
See also:
  • an open book
  • an open book, he/she is (like an)
  • be an open book
  • be another of life's great mysteries
  • get (something) in one
  • get something in one
  • come by (something) honestly
  • come by honestly
  • not able to make head nor tail (out) of (something)
  • not able to make head or tail of
References in periodicals archive
In partnership with the City of Alexandria Mayor Justin Wilson, and ACPS Officials, The Open Book Foundation will be donating 6,000 new books to selected Title I elementary schools.
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It is an open book. We are expecting more and more people to join.'
Guber Polls: Intense Horse-Trading In States
In town there is a good used bookstore called the Open Book, with an apartment up above, that's rentable by the week.
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Despite these results, studies that examined the effect of open book management on employee performance and consumer satisfaction are still few, especially in the Arab region and in the industrial sector in particular.
THE MEDIATING ROLE OF EMPLOYEE JOB PERFORMANCE IN THE IMPACT OF OPEN BOOK MANAGEMENT DIMENSIONS ON CUSTOMER SATISFACTION
Galing po ang certification ng maingay na ito sa kwestyunableng kurso kung saan manonood ka lang raw ng video ng isang oras-kalahati, saka mag-exam na open book, at matapos mong magbayad ng 660 dollars ay certified ka na sa forensics,' Aquino said.
Aquino hits 'loud' forensic expert on Dengvaxia mess
Open Book could launch Fatherson into the big league.
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Paul's Ruminator Books' satellite bookstore, located on the ground floor of the three-story Open Book complex and adjacent to the Coffee Gallery cafe.
Milkweed Editions to launch new book store in Minneapolis this June
The Fractional Dehn Twist Coefficients (FDTC, in short) is a quasimorphism FDTC : G [right arrow] Q which plays an important role in contact 3-manifolds and open book decompositions [HKM1].
On a structure of random open books and closed braids
In developing our approach to open book management, Zingerman's learned a lot from "The Great Game of Business" by Jack Stack and the training organization that grew out of it.
Bottom-line Improvements through Financial Training
"I am still going to be looking for other challenges but I have really loved being part of this sport, I have an international co-driving licence and I guess it's an open book," said Williams, who will be a pundit and mentor at next year's Winter Olympics in Sochi.
Amy aiming to prove a point; Sport briefs
An open book test teaches students how to find information when they need it.
A Slap on Rote-learning
By Joseph Varghese/Staff Reporter In a revolutionary shift in the Indian school examination system, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will introduce an "open book" section in the final examinations for classes 9, 10 and 11 from the current academic year and for class 12 board examination from the 2014-15 academic year.
Indian schools in Doha welcome CBSE 'open book' exam
According to media reports, the ECP rejected Maulana's plea and maintained the decision of allotting open book as election symbol to JUI-F.
JUI-F fails to get 'open book' as election symbol
"Through employee ownership and open book management, we have a highly engaged work force working at top form."
Outside mag says New Belgium one of "Best Places to Work in US"
In September 2011 the Book Lounge launched its first annual literary festival, Open Book Cape Town.
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