Idioms: "Open Book" ; "Closed Book"

 

1. Open Book

Meaning

  • An open book is a person  or a subject that is easy to understand or easy to get to know.
  • If a person is an open book, that means they share everything about their life and they're easy to get to know.
  • If a subject is an open book, it's easy to learn or to know.


Example Sentences

  • My life is an open book. I have nothing to hide.
  • His mind is an open book. He shares whatever is on his mind.
  • My life is an open book. You can ask me anything.
  • My life is an open book , just look for yourself.
  • Your life in this town has been an open book.
  • Not every celebrity's life is an open book. 
  • I don't reveal a lot about my life like an open book. I believe some things are meant to be kept secret.


2. Closed Book

Meaning

  • A closed book is just the opposite of an open book. If a person or a subject is a closed book, they are not easy to understand or get to know.
  • Someone who is a closed book is a very secretive person or they don't tell about their own life and are difficult to get to know. 
  • If you are talking about a subject or something is a closed book, that means it's difficult to understand or know.


Example Sentences

  • The man's early life is a closed book.
  • Abstract art is a closed book as far as I'm concerned
  • Even to his closest friends, he was always something of a closed book.
  • Mathematics has always been a closed book to me.
  • For many people the Bible is a closed book.
  • My wife used to say I am a hard man to get to know like a closed book.

  • This contract is a closed book.


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