1. A closed book

　　已经完结的事情/高深莫测的人或事物

　　"As far as I am concerned, that matter with the council is aclosed book"

　　"I have never been able to work or communicate with John. Heis a closed book"

　　2. An open book

　　一目了然的人或事物

　　"Julia's life is like an open book. You always know what she's up to".

　　3. Read someone like a book

　　一眼看穿某人想法

　　"I can read Angela like a book. I always know what she's thinking and what she's about to say atmeetings."

　　4. The oldest trick in the book

　　老套的把戏

　　"It was the oldest trick in the book – one man distracted me while another stole my wallet. I can'tbelieve I fell for it."

　　5. In someone's good/bad books

　　得到/失去某人的欢心

　　"Tommy has been on his best behaviour today. After yesterday's tantrums, he's been doing hisbest to be in my good books all day."

　　6. By the book

　　照章办事

　　"We're not going to leave things to chance.We're going to run this company by the book."

　　7. To bring someone to book

　　惩罚某人

　　"I had to bring Tom to book after our meeting. He shouldn't have lost his temper at Bridget".

　　8. Take a leaf out of someone's book

　　以某人为榜样

　　"You should take a leaf out of Keith's book. He has achieved wonders with those children".

　　9. Don't judge a book by its cover

　　不要以貌取人

　　"When I first met Charlotte she had had a really tough two weeks and wasn't in the mood forchatting and appeared very moody and unsociable. She is not at all like that. One should neverjudge a book by its cover".

　　10. Cook the books

　　做假账

　　"It appears that Stanley had been cooking the books for years. He was finally caught last year."

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