read like a book
Easily see through
To read someone like a book is to understand them completely, perceiving their thoughts, feelings, or intentions with ease: She read him like a book and knew he was lying.
The phrase suggests transparency—the person's inner state is as accessible as words on a page.
Usually implies the reader has some advantage in perception or experience over the one being read.
- predictableAble to be foreseen
- interpretableAble to be understood
- revealMake something visible
- dead giveawayUnmistakably revealing evidence
- decipherableAble to be decoded
obvious · crystal clear · transparent · open · penetrable · discern · understandable · emotional intelligence · perceive · recognize · comprehensible · empathy · gut feeling · insightfulness · intuition · nod · decode · legible
read like a bookinscrutable
Impossible to understand
enigmatic · unreadable · hard to read · closed book · mysterious
read like a bookunpredictable
Cannot be anticipated
mercurial · erratic · capricious · wild card · loose cannon
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