Meaning of open book | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Something whose salient aspects are obvious or easily interpreted.
   idiomatic
2. A person who through naivete responds candidly to questions or openly displays their emotions or intentions.
   idiomatic
3. An open book decomposition.
4. An inside angle in the rock.

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Examples

“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⟳; ...”

“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.”

“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.”

“He is an open⟳ book. Everyone can see⟳ that he removes nothing, conceals nothing, reserves nothing for himself.”

“Chapter 3: Are You an Open⟳ Book? How Much Do I Need⟳ to Disclose?”

“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."”

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