open and shut









open and shut


adjective

  1. immediately obvious upon consideration; easily decided: an open-and-shut case of murder.

adjective

  1. easily decided or solved; obviousan open-and-shut case

Simple, straightforward, easily solved, as in With three eyewitnesses, the prosecutor said this case was open and shut. This term suggests that one has immediate access to the facts of a situation. [c. 1840]

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