cast in concrete en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic, not-comparable, postpositional) solidly established, very difficult to alter
The roadmap, he asserted, was a "guide," a starting point. It was not cast in concrete and not likely to be the ultimate solution.
2003, F. Stephen Larrabee, The Middle East in the Shadow of Afghanistan and Iraq, Rand Corporation, page 7:
Translations (2)
fr gravé dans le marbre (solidly established) · nl in beton gegoten (solidly established)