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: o-pe-n-and--shut. The stress falls on "pe".

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.