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open-and-shut

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o·pen-and-shut (pn-n-sht)
adj.
1. So obvious as to present no difficulties; easily settled or determined: an open-and-shut case.
2. New England & Southeastern New York Alternating between sunshine and clouds; having variable skies.

open-and-shut
adj
easily decided or solved; obvious an open-and-shut case
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Adj.1.open-and-shut - so obvious as to be easily solved or decided; "an open-and-shut case"
obvious - easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind; "obvious errors"

open-and-shut
adjective straightforward, simple, obvious, routine, clear-cut, foregone, noncontroversial It's an open-and-shut case - the hospital's at fault.
Translations
open-and-shut [ˌəʊpnənˈʃʌt] adj open-and-shut casecaso di facile soluzione


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Advertising someone's position - which is effectively what Hicks did - while they are still in it is an open-and-shut case for constructive dismissal.
Brass thinks he's found his killer early on, but that's when Doc Robbins comes along and screws up his open-and-shut case - largely because the boxer had numerous injuries that could have killed him, and they now need to discover which was the fatal one - and who dealt it.
Nearly an open-and-shut case for DEZ The Library of Congress estimates that 25 percent of its 14 million books have become so brittle from acids in their pages that they can't be handled.
 
 
 
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