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English Phrase: In the books
If someone tells you something is in the books, they mean that that activity is finished and recorded as completed.
At the end of my post about meld, I said, “So, that’s another one in the books.”
By saying that, I meant this is the end of the post, and it will be stored on my website.
You can use in the books at the end of your working day too.
When it is time to go home, you shut everything down, change your clothing or whatever you have to do and then say, “That’s another one in the books. We’ll come back tomorrow and do it all again”, meaning another working day is finished, and it’s time to go home.
Thank you kindly for reading, and yes, this is another idiom in the books.
Have a beautiful day!
Flesch-Kincaid Readability Test
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