Friday, 12 September 2014

"Book" Expressions used in English Language

  • Bookworm
a person who enjoys reading.
  • Hit the books
study: learn by reading books
  • Don't judge a book by its cover
means you shouldn't prejudge the worth or value of something by its outward appearance alone

  • To be in someone's good books
If you're in someone's good books, they are pleased with you.
  • By the book
strictly according to the rules.
  • To book
to make an appointment or reservation
  • Read someone like a book
understand someone's thoughts and motives easily.
  • Open book & Close book
someone or something easily understood or interpreted; something very clear, and
something that is not known or cannot be understood; a mystery or puzzle 
  • To throw book at someone
If you throw the book at someone, you punish them as severely as possible.
  • Every trick in the book
every available method of achieving what one wants.
  • Oldest trick in the book
a way of tricking someone that is still effective although it has been used a lot before
  • In my book
in my opinion.


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