O
Idioms beginning with "O"
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[open market] {n. phr.}
Goods or securities available for purchase by all.
The stocks of certain companies are on the open market.
[open marriage] {n. phr.}
An arrangement by mutual agreement between husband and wife whereby they are both allowed to have extramarital affairs.
* /Chances are the open marriage arrangement they had didn't work out too well so they are getting a […]
[open-minded] {adj.}
Having no dogmatic or biased views on matters of theory, religion, politics, etc.
Fred is easy to talk to about anything; he is a highly intelligent and open-minded person.
[open one's eyes] or [open up one's eyes] {v. phr.}
To make a person see or understand the truth; make a person realize; tell a person what is really happening or what really exists.
* /Mary didn't believe that her cousin could be mean until the cousin […]
[open one's heart] {v. phr.}
1. To talk about your feelings honestly; confide in someone.
After going around worrying, Mary opened her heart to her mother.
John felt much better after he opened his heart to Betty.
2. To be sympathetic to; […]
[open onto] {v. phr.}
To have a view of.
Our apartment in Chicago has a set of windows that open onto Lake Michigan.
[open question] {n. phr.}
A debatable issue.
Whether assisted suicide is legal and moral or not is still an open question, recent publicity on the matter notwithstanding.
[open secret] {n.}
Something that is supposed to be a secret but that everyone knows.
It is an open secret that Mary and John are engaged.
Who will be appointed as the next president of the college is an open secret.
[open sesame] {n. phr.}, {literary}
Immediate means of entrance, or unobstructed access to something.
Tom mistakenly believed that his wealth would be an open sesame to the world of creative arts.