etched in stone

Permanently fixed or firmly established; not subject to any amendment or alteration. Often used in the negative. The deal isn't yet etched in stone, but we're confident it will go ahead as hoped.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Bales	[beilz]
Kadmos	-	Greek Mythology
Kirby	['kɜ:bi]
Rahmİ	-	Turkish
Anton	AHN-tawn (German), ahn-TON (Russian, Ukrainian), AHN-ton (Finnish)	German, Russian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Dutch, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Slovene, Macedo
Eliyyahu	e-lee-YAH-hoo	Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew