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in_one's_book
in one's book
English
Adverb
- (slang) In one's opinion.
- 1973, QST, Volume 57, Issue 2, page 87,
- Is this "the field?" Not in our book, it isn't.
- 1975 Feb 8, Kevin O'Donohue, Stan Clark, Brian McClenaughan, Frank Jeffcoat, Four Broadcasters Compare U.S. Radio with Australian Radio - The Knockout Blow, in Billboard, page A-7,
- [Jeffcoat:] I'll qualify that in a moment, but in my book I think when it comes to sheer professionalism, there's nothing quite like an American broadcaster.
- 1978, William James, Frederick Burkhardt, Fredson Bowers, Ignas K. Skrupskelis, Essays in Philosophy, page 66,
- My solution, or rather Stumpf's (for in my book I am but the humble follower of the eminent Munich psychologist), was to take neither of these objectionable alternatives, […] .
- 2007, Ralph A. Gessner, Deep in My Heart, page 105,
- That's taking things way too far in my book.
- 1973, QST, Volume 57, Issue 2, page 87,
- Used other than as an idiom: see in, one's, book.
Usage notes
- Only the pronoun form one's changes to match the subject of the phrase.
Translations
in one's opinion — see in one's opinion
References
- ↑ Christine Ammer, The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, page 328