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cut and dried
fixed; determined beforehand; usual and uninteresting. (Can be hyphenated before nominals.) I find your writing quite boring. It's too cut and dried. The lecture was, as usual, cut and dried.
cut-and-dried
1. if a decision or agreement is cut-and-dried, it is final and will not be changed Although a deal has been agreed, it is not yet cut-and-dried.
2. if a subject, situation, or idea is cut-and-dried, it is clear and easy to understand The human rights issue is by no means cut-and-dried.
cut and dried
Ready-made, predetermined and not changeable. For example, The procedure is not quite cut and dried-there's definitely room for improvisation. This expression originally alluded to herbs for sale in a shop, as opposed to fresh, growing herbs. [c. 1900]
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Isha | | - | Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Hinduism |
Angelika | | ahn-GE-lee-kah (German), ahn-ge-LEE-kah (Polish) | German, Polish, Slovak, Czech |
Morris | | ['mɔris] | |
Shelley | | ['ʃeli] | |
Mozes | | - | Dutch |
Dua | | - | Arabic |