open-and-shut — /oh peuhn euhn shut /, adj. immediately obvious upon consideration; easily decided: an open and shut case of murder. [1835 45, Amer.] * * * … Universalium
open-and-shut — adjective Date: 1841 1. perfectly simple ; obvious 2. easily settled < an open and shut case of grand larceny > … New Collegiate Dictionary
Open and Shut (House) — Open and Shut House episode Episode no. Season 6 Episode 19 Directed by Greg Yaitanes … Wikipedia
open and shut case — noun A problem with an easy solution. The carton of milk on the floor. The cat with milk dripping from his chops. It was an open and shut case. Syn: res ipsa loquitur … Wiktionary
open-and-shut — adjective simple and obvious; easily decided Syn: clear cut, cut and dried, res ipsa loquitur … Wiktionary
open and shut — See: CUT AND DRIED … Dictionary of American idioms
open and shut — See: CUT AND DRIED … Dictionary of American idioms
Shut-door theology — was a belief held by the group that became the Seventh day Adventist Church from 1844 to approximately 1854. It held that as William Miller had given the final call for salvation, all who did not accept his message were lost. The door of… … Wikipedia
Open access — This article is about open access to research literature. For other uses, see Open access (disambiguation). Open Access logo, originally designed by Public Library of Science Open access (OA) refers to unrestricted access via the Internet to… … Wikipedia
Open Access movement — The Open Access movement is a social movement in academia, dedicated to the principle of open access to information sharing for the common good.The movement traces its history at least back to the 1960s, but became much more prominent in the… … Wikipedia
Open — O pen, a. [AS. open; akin to D. open, OS. opan, G. offan, Icel. opinn, Sw. [ o]ppen, Dan. aaben, and perh. to E. up. Cf. {Up}, and {Ope}.] 1. Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
