Idiom
cast in concrete
Meaning
solidly established, very difficult to alter
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Our plans for the weekend are not cast in concrete.”
“The schedule for the project is flexible and not cast in concrete, so we can change it if necessary.”
“Although the board presented the new policy as a final decision, they later admitted that nothing was cast in concrete.”
Examples
simple
“Our plans for the weekend are not cast in concrete.”
contextual
“The schedule for the project is flexible and not cast in concrete, so we can change it if necessary.”
complex
“Although the board presented the new policy as a final decision, they later admitted that nothing was cast in concrete.”
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