Idiom
carved in stone
Meaning
Unchangeable.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“These plans are not carved in stone.”
“The schedule for our trip is flexible and not carved in stone, so we can change it later.”
“While the initial agreement provided a framework for the negotiations, both parties understood that none of the terms were carved in stone.”
Examples
simple
“These plans are not carved in stone.”
contextual
“The schedule for our trip is flexible and not carved in stone, so we can change it later.”
complex
“While the initial agreement provided a framework for the negotiations, both parties understood that none of the terms were carved in stone.”
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