An open-and-shut case. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
This is about as clear-cut, open-and-shut as it gets. From Wordnik.com. [BREAKING: Biden Unloads On Clinton, Obama, Edwards] Reference
An open-and-shut acquittal would still make you grumpy. From Wordnik.com. [Salem Falls]
This is not an open-and-shut case for the defense, Jayne. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 13, 2005] Reference
It's not the open-and-shut case that you just heard about. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 2, 2009] Reference
I mean, it looks like an open-and-shut case, obviously. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 18, 2005] Reference
This was an absolutely open-and-shut case in the guilt phase. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 18, 2003] Reference
Now, my question is, to me, that makes an open-and-shut case. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 16, 2006] Reference
The open-and-shut case popped back open shortly after his arrest. From Wordnik.com. [Getting The Wrong Man] Reference
He seemed to believe, Lisa Bloom, this was an open-and-shut case. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 6, 2009] Reference
At least when they talked business, she had open-and-shut answers. From Wordnik.com. [One-ClickBuy:SeptemberHarlequinBlaze]
I mean, it seems to me that's pretty much of an open-and-shut case. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 20, 2003] Reference
With the right evidence, price-fixing cases are often open-and-shut. From Wordnik.com. [Waiting For The Gavel To Fall] Reference
KING: Chris Pixley, is this anything but an open-and-shut case to you?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 29, 2003] Reference
It seemed like an open-and-shut case of Hutu monstrosity, which it was. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
It's about as open-and-shut a violation of the law that you will ever see. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Campaign: Pro-Hillary 527 Is Blatantly Illegal] Reference
You don't know that it's open-and-shut; you're only seeing one side of it. From Wordnik.com. [Critical Conditions]
By Freudian lights, that should have made an open-and-shut case for nurture. From Wordnik.com. [Born Or Bred?] Reference
For David Parker, success has been what you might call an open-and-shut case. From Wordnik.com. [Presidents Remarks At Sba Ceremony] Reference
And the Blago case, stunningly, may not be as open-and-shut as one would think. From Wordnik.com. [Senate Dems Will Seat Burris] Reference
But I'm also not sure that the case is as open-and-shut as some have concluded. From Wordnik.com. [Paul Ryan cont'd] Reference
This would be a completely open-and-shut case if there were cameras in that room. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 17, 2007] Reference
BERMUDEZ: I don ` t think - it ` s an open-and-shut case as far as I ` m concerned. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 11, 2009] Reference
But the open-and-shut case turns out to be more complicated than anyone bargained for. From Wordnik.com. [A Dance at the Slaughterhouse.html]
When people compare the Israelis to the Nazis, its an open-and-shut case of projection. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Its an open-and-shut example of projection when people accuse Israel of ethnic cleansing. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
One year before America votes, is the race for the White House wide open or open-and-shut?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 5, 2007] Reference
So to the justices of the Florida Supreme Court, this was pretty much an open-and-shut case. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Special Event: U.S. Supreme Court Considering Bush Appeal of Manual Recount in Florida; Florida House Approves Bush Slate of Electors - December 12, 2000] Reference
If his defense had pleaded mental illness the trial would have been an open-and-shut affair. From Wordnik.com. [Nelson George: Michael Jackson: Letters from a Cold Island] Reference
Danny thought of his six months as a detective, his own two homicides open-and-shut family jobs. From Wordnik.com. [The Big Nowhere]
I mean, this is not exactly, you know, an open-and-shut case when Woody Allen is involved in it. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 30, 2009] Reference
It was an open-and-shut case and the accused was duly sent to trial and convicted in August 1971. From Wordnik.com. [Disordered Minds]
But I think it is true that this case does not look like it's an open-and-shut victory for the prosecution. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 19, 2007] Reference
That was palpably wrong, because there was nothing more to investigate: it was an open-and-shut case. From Wordnik.com. [Betty Bothroyd The Autobiography]
Denial of access to a courtroom based on a religious observance seems to me an open-and-shut case of discrimination. From Wordnik.com. [William Fisher: Still With Us: The Politics of Fear] Reference
ALITO: As I said, I think the threshold question is interpreting the scope of that and it might turn out to be an open-and-shut argument. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 12, 2006] Reference
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