open and shut case Idiom, Proverb

a basket case

a person who is very nervous, in bad shape If Gloria has one more crisis, she'll be a basket case.

a case of

an example of, it's a case of Look at Bosnia. That's a case of ethnic civil war.

a nut case

a person who is crazy, crackpot If you go to work in pajamas, people will say you're a nut case.

basket case

(See a basket case)

case in point

an example to support my point or thesis Social democracy can succeed. Sweden is a case in point.

case of

(See a case of)

crack this case

solve a crime, discover who is guilty "David will crack this case; he's a thorough investigator."

get off my case

stop criticizing me, check up on I told the manager to get off my case - to stop criticizing me.

have a case of

be sick from, have a disease I was in bed. I had a bad case of the flu.

in any case (event)

no matter what happens, surely, without fail I may not be able to meet you next week but in any case I will still give you the books before then.

an apparent case

A acknowledged case that is assured or straightforward. With all the affirmation adjoin the defendant, I apprehend this to be an apparent case.Learn more: case

open-and-shut case

a simple and aboveboard bearings after complications. (Often said of bent cases area the affirmation is convincing.) The annihilation balloon was an apparent case. The actor was bent with the annihilation weapon. Bob's afterlife was an apparent case of suicide. He larboard a suicide note.Learn more: case

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in a tight spot in a tizzy in a way in a word in a world of one in advance in agreement in and out in any case (event) in any way, shape or form in arms in bad faith in bad shape in black and white in brief in broad daylight in cahoots

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