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Wiktionary
open-and-shut

a. (context informal English) simple and obvious; easily decided alt. (context informal English) simple and obvious; easily decided

WordNet
open-and-shut

adj. so obvious as to be easily solved or decided; "an open-and-shut case"

Usage examples of "open-and-shut".

Should they ever refer to the actual content of the conversation, it would be the word of two career criminals with an open-and-shut murder charge hanging over their heads against the word of a police lieutenant.