🧚‍♂🔤🧚‍♀@English_lang_learners💢30 Idioms about Books and Reading🔸a closed book – a topic or person a…

🧚‍♂🔤🧚‍♀@English_lang_learners💢30 Idioms about Books and Reading🔸a closed book – a topic or person about which/whom very little is known🔸an open book – a topic or person that/who is easy to understand or about which/whom a lot is known🔸book smart – possessing knowledge acquired from reading or study but lacking common sense🔸bookworm – a keen reader🔸by the book – in accordance with the rules‘You can’t judge a book by its cover!’ – the outward appearance of something or someone is not a reliable indication of its/their true nature🔸every trick in the book – all available methods of achieving what’s desired🔸in my book – in my opinionin someone’s good/bad books – in favour/disfavour with someoneon/off the books – officially on record/ unofficially and usually in secret🔸one for the (record) books – an extraordinary event that will be remembered🔸‘Read my lips!’ – listen carefully🔸the oldest trick in the book – a trick so unimaginative and commonplace that it shouldn’t deceive anyone🔸to balance the books – to add up all debits and credits🔸to blot your copybook – to tarnish your reputation🔸to bring someone to book – to punish someone or draw attention to their bad behaviour🔸to close the books – to put something aside and stop spending time and effort on it🔸to cook the books – to falsify facts or figures🔸to have your nose in a book – to be reading intensely🔸to hit the books – to study🔸to make/open book – to take bets on something🔸to read between the lines – to search for an implied meaning🔸to read someone like a book – to easily understand someone’s thoughts/motives without being told them🔸to read someone the Riot Act – to strongly warn someone to improve their behaviour🔸to read someone’s mind – to discern someone’s thoughts🔸to read something into – to give something meaning or significance that may not be there🔸to read the fine/small print – to make sure you are aware of the conditions of an agreement🔸to take a leaf out of someone’s book – to imitate a particular (usually admirable) quality that someone else possesses🔸to take something as read – to assume something as true without further discussing it🔸to throw a book at – to punish severely@English_lang_learners