Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Adjective Phrase 10.
The adjective phrase today is open and shut.
Okay . Let's take a look at the note here.
. If something is open and shut, especially a legal case or a dispute, it is easily decided
or solved. Okay. Good.
Let's take a look at several examples here.
There is an overwhelming amount of evidence against him.
It is an open and shut case.
Yeah.
Now this is clearly a legal case.
That's the way we say it.
Anytime we hear it is an open and shut legal case , you know, You don't even need to go
to court very much ( it may be settled out of court )Or even if you go to court it will
probably be a very short trial.
It is open and shut.
The evidence is overwhelming. and someone will probably be found guilty.
Let's look at number two here.
If another driver hits you from behind.
while you are waiting at a light.
It is an open and shut case.
Yes.
That's assuming you got injured or seriously injured.
You can't be at fault at all.
If you are waiting at a light and another driver speeds up and hits you from behind.
It is 100% that person's fault.
According to the law that is always the way it is.
And it should be that way . You really did nothing you were simply waiting at a light
and someone hit you very hard from behind, So that would be an open and shut case. He is clearly
at fault. All right.
Good here.
With this new evidence, it will be an open shut case.
This is typically the way we hear it.
Take you for your time, Bye-bye.