an open book
noun
: a person or thing that is easy to learn about and understand
My life is an open book. I have nothing to hide.
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The Marines went to extreme lengths to shield Sasaki from the media in his five years with them, so much so that the intensely private Ohtani seems like an open book by comparison.
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Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Ava was a professional at reading me like an open book.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 29 Oct. 2024
However, people close to me can read me like an open book.
—Melinda Elmborg, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
By his own admission, Steve Lukather is an open book.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2024
It's been 41 years since her autobiographical Out on a Limb became a new-age bestseller, and MacLaine, 90, is once again an open book with The Wall of Life: Pictures and Stories from This Marvelous Lifetime, which comes out Oct. 22.
—Jeremy Helligar, People.com, 19 Oct. 2024
Essentially, the blueprint for the success of Season 2 was laid out in front of the cast and creatives like an open book.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Halsey has been an open book lately about the series of health issues she’s been dealing with over the past few years.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 26 Sep. 2024
Lemonade was an open book into the mind of Beyoncé Knowles, and in it contained her best body of work to date.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 4 Sep. 2024
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Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Ava was a professional at reading me like an open book.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 29 Oct. 2024
However, people close to me can read me like an open book.
—Melinda Elmborg, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
By his own admission, Steve Lukather is an open book.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2024
It's been 41 years since her autobiographical Out on a Limb became a new-age bestseller, and MacLaine, 90, is once again an open book with The Wall of Life: Pictures and Stories from This Marvelous Lifetime, which comes out Oct. 22.
—Jeremy Helligar, People.com, 19 Oct. 2024
Essentially, the blueprint for the success of Season 2 was laid out in front of the cast and creatives like an open book.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Halsey has been an open book lately about the series of health issues she’s been dealing with over the past few years.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 26 Sep. 2024
Lemonade was an open book into the mind of Beyoncé Knowles, and in it contained her best body of work to date.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 4 Sep. 2024
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