You bring it to an end. "It's time to shut the book on that chapter of our lives and move forward."

They will be held accountable or made face the consequences of their actions. "Those responsible for the fraud will be brought to book and prosecuted."

An outstanding or unusual achievement or event. "Last night's game was one for the record books!"

You begin to study in a serious and determined way. " I have to hit the books this weekend; I have two exams next week."

You can’t judge a person, experience, object, etc. just by what you see. “She doesn’t seem like she is the smartest, but you can’t judge a book by its cover.”

You have tried every possible way and method to do something. “He used every trick in the book until he finally got what he wanted.”

They are pleased/annoyed with you. "Noah is trying to be in the good books of his manager by working overtime."

It usually means you are oblivious to what is happening in the world because you are so absorbed with what is happening in your book.

The process where you ensure that the amount of money coming in and going out matches up to what your records show.

Having a lot of academic knowledge learned from books and studying, but not necessarily knowing much about people and living in the real world ("street smart").

You do something that makes other people respect or trust you less. "She saw her sister blot her copybook by being quoted in the press."

Punishing someone or calling them to account for their behaviour. "Bringing him to book is the only option to make him understand his actions are wrong."

You disregard or ignore established rules or conventions."In times of crisis, sometimes you have to throw the rulebook out of the window and be flexible."