open book | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Something whosesalientaspectsareobviousor easily interpreted.1860, Abby Maria Hemenway, “The Priest and The Maiden”, inPoets 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 anopen 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 anopen 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 anopen bookto 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 ValuesBut I have never argued – and never will – that our most sensitive national security matters should be anopen book.; (idiomatic)A person who throughnaiveteresponds candidly to questions or openly displays their emotions or intentions.1986, Adrienne von Speyr, Hans Urs von Balthasar,The Christian State of Life:He is anopen 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 anOpen 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 anopen book, acting the same in private as in public — "Emile is worse at disguising his feelings than any man in the world."; (mathematics,topology)Anopen book decomposition.; (climbing)Aninsideanglein therock.

Examples:

EN: Why, the night before we left it was an open book on both their faces there was something up.
ES: La última noche estaba claro que se cocía algo.
EN: Chandra the great reads your mind like an open book.
ES: Chandra El Grande lee su mente como un libro abierto.
EN: He reads your mind like it was an open book.
ES: Puede leer sus mentes como un libro abierto.
EN: Jean, I'm clairvoyant. I can read your thoughts like an open book.
ES: Jean, soy clarividente y puedo leer tus pensamientos como un libro abierto.
EN: That's an open book.
ES: Es un libro abierto.
EN: It's an open book.
ES: - Es un libro abierto.
EN: Your private life has got to be an open book.
ES: Tu vida privada debe ser un libro abierto.
EN: Why, look at Mr. Merritt's face. It's an open book.
ES: Mire la cara del Sr. Merritt, es un libro abierto.
EN: What if I was wrong and... your eyes didn't mean all I read there as in an open book?
ES: ¿Y si estoy equivocado... y no era cierto lo que leí estas tres semanas en tus ojos como en un libro abierto?
EN: Why I'll give you to understand, sir, that my life is an open book.
ES: ¿Yo? Para que lo sepa, mi vida es como un libro abierto.
EN: My conscience is at your disposal like an open book.
ES: Mi conciencia está a su disposición como un libro abierto.
EN: Is mind still open book to young lady?
ES: ¿Mi mente sigue siendo libro abierto para joven señorita?
EN: But nothing happened. Well, that just about brings us up-to-date. Now my life's an open book.
ES: Bueno y así hasta ahora, mi vida es un libro abierto.
EN: - The Smiths are an open book.
ES: - Los Smith somos un libro abierto.
EN: John, you're as easy to read as an open book.
ES: John, eres tan fácil de leer como un libro abierto.

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