Read the text and mark the statements as True, False or Not Stated 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, She's an open book. 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. "His life is a closed book. 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 read him like a book." The next one means that someone is pleased with you or your work. "After helping me with the homework, she's in my good books." 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. "She threw the book at her son 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 take a leaf out of your book and ask our teacher for advice." The English language can be confusing. Idioms "be an open/a close book" are antonyms. If you read someone like a book, you cannot understand what someone is thinking or feeling. If you are in somebody's books, it means that someone is pleased with you. Someone who throws books gets a severe punishment. "Take a leaf out of somebody's book" means to copy what someone else does because they are successful at doing it.
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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, She's an open book. 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. "His life is a closed book. 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 read him like a book."

The next one means that someone is pleased with you or your work. "After helping me with the homework, she's in my good books."

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. "She threw the book at her son 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 take a leaf out of your book and ask our teacher for advice."

  1. The English language can be confusing.
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  2. Idioms "be an open/a close book" are antonyms.
    [True|False|Not stated]
  3. If you read someone like a book, you cannot understand what someone is thinking or feeling.
    [True|False|Not stated]
  4. If you are in somebody's books, it means that someone is pleased with you.
    [True|False|Not stated]
  5. Someone who throws books gets a severe punishment.
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  6. "Take a leaf out of somebody's book" means to copy what someone else does because they are successful at doing it.
    [True|False|Not stated]

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