Hi everyone.
I don't know about you but I love books and I love to read.
Who would have thought that such an amazing pastime is a popular subject of English idioms.
In this video.
That's exactly what we will learn idioms about books idiom number one a closed book when you know very
little or nothing about something or someone you say that this thing or person is a closed book for
example I don't know what Sarah does for a living.
She is a closed book.
I have no idea what is going on with the event.
It's a closed book
idiom.
Number two to be in someone's bad books to be in someone's bad books is to be in bad favor with someone
or do not get along with someone for one reason or the other.
For example I wouldn't want to be in my boss's bad books.
I want a promotion by next year.
You have to be nice to her.
You don't want to be in her bad books idiom number three to be in someone's good books to be in someone's
good books if to be in good terms with someone or to get along with someone for example she was happy
with my work.
So I got in her good books if you want to be in her good books.
You have to do what she says without complaining
idiom no for an open book.
When someone is an open book.
This means that you can easily know everything there is to know about him because nothing is kept a
secret.
I know what he is up to.
He is an open book.
My father's surprise failed.
He doesn't know how to keep it a secret.
He is such an open book
idiom number five don't judge a book by its cover.
The idiom don't judge a book by its cover is not to judge someone or something by its physical or outer
appearance.
For example don't judge a book by its cover.
The house looks shabby from the outside but is beautiful on the inside.
She may seem rude on the outside but she is actually such a fun person.
Don't judge a book by its cover.
Idiom number six.
Take a leaf out of someone's book when someone is successful at something we would love to learn from
him or her to learn from this person is to take a leaf out of their book for example.
She became a millionaire at the age of 18.
I want to take a leaf out of her book I want to take a leaf out of my boss's book.
He started this company at the age of 21.
Idiom number 7 the oldest trick in the book the idiom the oldest trick in the book means that something
has been done many times before for example.
That system is nothing new.
It's the oldest trick in the book.
I was scammed by those gypsies.
I should have known their method was the oldest trick in the book
idiom number eight in someone's book.
The idiom in someone's book means according to his opinion.
For example I am my mother's favorite.
In her book I can do no wrong.
My boss thinks I'm lazy.
In his book he thinks that I don't do anything
idiom number nine one for the books.
The idiom one for the books means that something is so memorable that it should be remembered and recorded
for example that beach trip was amazing.
It was definitely one for the books
that field trip was epic.
It was one for the books
idiom number 10.
By the book the idiom by the book means that something should be done according to instructions or the
law.
For example she wants to follow the teacher's instructions.
She really does everything by the book.
He did everything by the book and he still failed his test.
OK so that said for this video if you feel that you understood the lesson then do take our short quiz
at the end just to see for yourself whether you really understood it.
I'll see you in the next one.