If “language is the dress of thoughts” ( Johnson), then idioms must the wardrobe.
Jientje at Heaven Is In Belgium hosts A Thousand Words In Idioms on Wednesdays wherein she asks participants to illustrate an idiom or two with a photo.
By the book.
If someone goes “by the book,” they are going exactly by the rules or established procedures, or sometimes literally by what a book says to do. I illustrated that with a list of “How to” books because if someone is looking for a book about how to do something, they are wanting to go to some extent by the book.
An open book.
If someone’s life is an open book, they have no secrets, no skeletons in the closet; they’re open to scrutiny without fear of what anyone will find. A variation is “his or her face is an open book,” meaning they don’t or can’t hide their feelings. You can pretty much tell their reaction or what they’re thinking by looking at them.
I know we’re only supposed to do two — but of the three I have I can’t decide between just two. So I hope you’ll forgive me for including one more.
The Good Book.
Sometimes people refer to the Bible as the Good Book. It is that — but it is so much more than just that.
Stray Thoughts 
Great illustrations and explanations.
I really liked your extra one.
I have to agree with Dr. J on that! Love that last one!
I don’t mind!!! You don’t always have to go by the book for me!! LOL!!
Very well done Barbara, thanks for playing!
Well done my friend. These are excellent. I’m glad you let Quilly know about her blog. I sent her an email saying how long it took to load. It looks like she’s fixed it. It was much better this morning.
Hi Barbara,
I haven’t been here in awhile. These are excellent choices.
I think the only ‘go by the book’ we need to follow is your last one. 🙂
Thanks for your visit and wonderful comment on mine.
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What a creative post – I enjoyed it!
Very nice ! It’s so interesting to see how we illustrate the idioms with different photos !
I like them! Great illustration too.