open-and-shut

1. 1.

   so obvious as to be easily solved or decided

   “an open-and-shut case”

   Similarobvious

Questions about open-and-shut

What does open-and-shut mean?

open-and-shut means "so obvious as to be easily solved or decided".

How many syllables are in open-and-shut?

open-and-shut has 4 syllables and divides as o-pe-n-and--shut under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is open-and-shut a common word?

open-and-shut is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.