open book
See also: open-book
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Noun
open book (plural open books)
- (idiomatic) Something of which salient aspects are obvious or easily interpreted.
- 1860, Abby Maria Hemenway, The Priest and the Maiden in Poets and Poetry of Vermont
- There is one, with a dark and thoughtful eye,
- Who is to all others a mystery;
- But his soul is to me an open book,
- And I read his mood in his slightest look; ...
- 1898, John Wesley Powell, Truth and Error or the Science of Intellection,
- This is the secret of Hegel, and the key to his hieroglyphics, and, if consistently used to interpret the sayings of his logic, it becomes an open book.
- 1921, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan the Untamed,
- On the surface of the ground or through the swaying branches of the trees the spoor of man or beast was an open book to the ape-man, but even his acute senses were baffled by the spoorless trail of the airship.
- 2009, May 21, Barack Obama, speech, Protecting Our Security and Our Values
- But I have never argued – and never will – that our most sensitive national security matters should be an open book.
- 1860, Abby Maria Hemenway, The Priest and the Maiden in Poets and Poetry of Vermont
- (idiomatic) A person who through naivete responds candidly to questions or openly displays their emotions or intentions.
- 1986, Adrienne von Speyr and Hans Urs von Balthasar, The Christian State of Life,
- He is an open book. Everyone can see that he removes nothing, conceals nothing, reserves nothing for himself.
- 1997, Matthew J. DeLuca, Best Answers to the 201 Most Frequently Asked Interview Questions,
- Chapter 3: Are You an Open Book? How Much Do I Need to Disclose?
- 2002, Linda Lange, Feminist Interpretations of Jean-Jacques Rousseau,
- Emile's most striking characteristic is that he hides nothing. He is an open book, acting the same in private as in public — "Emile is worse at disguising his feelings than any man in the world."
- 1986, Adrienne von Speyr and Hans Urs von Balthasar, The Christian State of Life,
- (mathematics, topology) An open book decomposition.
- (climbing) An inside angle in the rock.
Synonyms
- (person who is candid):
- emotionally: one who wears one's heart on one's sleeve
Antonyms
- (person who is candid):
Translations
thing easily interpreted
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person naively honest or open
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mathematics — see open book decomposition