open book
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3.5
- noun
- /ˈoʊpən bʊk/
- Informal
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- My life's an open book.
- life's an open book
- heart an open book
- open-book management
I'm I'm seriously like an open book and I welcome any of that.
- I'm I'm seriously like an open book and I welcome any of that.
- I'm an open, I'm an open book with her.
- So there's really, I'm an open book.
- Folks, if you if you know me and you do my life's an open book.
- Liam Payne is a miraculous, inspiring, complex, very honest, very vulnerable, very open book.
- And, you know, I had to give myself permission to also be me and my authentic self, an open book.
- I was like, you know, I want to send the message that like I'm I'm an open book and I'm all in for however I can benefit from this.
- And I, I'll be honest and I've, I've talked about this before, I think being an open book comes way easier to me than creating healthy boundaries.
- Like I'm an open book, but like I think giving little kids that idea of there is something wrong, don't ask, don't question.
- I mean, I'm an open book, but I will read first the definition of PCOS because I feel like that would be helpful.
- Nigel Farage was a relative open book, went deep into subjects head on, answers to difficult questions.
Examples
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I am an open book, whereas he is more mysterious.
Blog text (13) -
My life is an open book.
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Is my life an open book?
Fiction book (1990) -
When you are running for president, you should be an open book.
Blog text (18) -
You've always been an open book.
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The life of a genuine Sadhu is an open book.
Blog text (15) -
As I've said elsewhere, I'm an open book.
Blog text (20) -
At this point, it's like, I feel like I've been an open book, which is awesome because I think the most authentic things create also more authentic things.
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She is an open book who shares her thoughts and feelings without hesitation.
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Unlike many people, he is an open book, making it easy to understand his motives.
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
open + book
The figurative meaning is directly derivable from the literal image of a book that is open and therefore easy to read; applying that image to a person (someone whose feelings are easy to read) follows a simple, transparent metaphor. This metaphorical mapping is common and accessible to learners who know 'open' and 'book', so a B1 learner would likely infer the meaning without prior exposure.
Etymology
The phrase open book comes from the picture of a book with its pages open, so anyone can read everything inside. That's why calling someone an open book means they are 'easy to understand' and 'do not hide anything'.