set in concrete



set in concrete

firmly established and very difficult to change set in stone The basics of the financial plan are set in concrete.
Usage notes: sometimes used in the form written in concrete: Nothing is written in concrete – we can still make changes.
See also: concrete, set

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
NunziaNOON-tsyahItalian
Elizabethi-LIZ-ə-bəth (English)English, Biblical
Rosetta[rəu'zetə]
Miervaldis-Latvian
Corinnakə-REEN-ə (English), kə-RIN-ə (English), ko-RI-nah (German)English, German, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Mchugh[mək'hju:]