Read the text and complete the examples She's an open book His life is a closed book read him like a book she's in my good books She threw the book at her son take a leaf out of your book There are a lot of proverbs, sayings, different slang expressions and idioms in the English language. They make it more expressive and confusing at the same time. If you don't know the meaning of a saying or an idiom, it can be difficult to understand what the speaker is talking about. Let's study some idioms with the word "book". This idiom can be used to describe a person or a situation. It means that a person or a subject is easy to get to know or is well known. For example, ". I always know what she is going to do next". The next idiom is opposite to the previous one. It refers to a topic or a person about which/whom very little is known. ". We know nothing about him." Can you easily understand someone's thoughts or motives? That's what this idiom is about. In other words, you understand somebody so well that you can guess what they will say or do before they say or do it. "They've been together for such a long time that she can ." The next one means that someone is pleased with you or your work. "After helping me with the homework,." If somebody is hit by the book, it can be really painful. Maybe, that is why this idiom means that a person will get a severe punishment in case this idiom is used. " for breaking the TV." The last idiom means to behave and act like someone else, imitate someone and follow someone's example. "I think I'll and ask our teacher for advice."

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Read the text and complete the examples

She's an open book
His life is a closed book
read him like a book
she's in my good books
She threw the book at her son
take a leaf out of your book

There are a lot of proverbs, sayings, different slang expressions and idioms in the English language. They make it more expressive and confusing at the same time. If you don't know the meaning of a saying or an idiom, it can be difficult to understand what the speaker is talking about. Let's study some idioms with the word "book".

This idiom can be used to describe a person or a situation. It means that a person or a subject is easy to get to know or is well known. For example, "[ ]. I always know what she is going to do next".

The next idiom is opposite to the previous one. It refers to a topic or a person about which/whom very little is known. "[ ]. We know nothing about him."

Can you easily understand someone's thoughts or motives? That's what this idiom is about. In other words, you understand somebody so well that you can guess what they will say or do before they say or do it. "They've been together for such a long time that she can[ ]."

The next one means that someone is pleased with you or your work. "After helping me with the homework, [ ]."

If somebody is hit by the book, it can be really painful. Maybe, that is why this idiom means that a person will get a severe punishment in case this idiom is used. "[ ]for breaking the TV."

The last idiom means to behave and act like someone else, imitate someone and follow someone's example. "I think I'll[ ]and ask our teacher for advice."

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