From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsomebody wrote the book on somethingsomebody wrote the book on somethingspokenKNOW something used to say that someone knows a lot about a subject or is very good at an activity Motorola wrote the book on quality control. → write
Examples from the Corpus
somebody wrote the book on something• Cheryl wrote the book on being irresponsible.• It wrote the book on quality control.• Hartley wrote the book on self-serving. 