cut-and-dried

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cut-and-dried [kat-glas]

adjetivo

1. Preparado de antemano (arrangements).

Her election isn’t cut and dried -> no se puede dar por sentado que vaya a salir elegida

Preconcebido (opinions).

cut-and-dried [ˌkʌtənˈdraɪd]

cut-and-dry [ˌkʌtənˈdraɪ]

adjective

[+answer] concreto

We are aiming for guidelines, not cut-and-dried answers there's no cut-and-dried answer to this problem

[+situation, issue] definido; claro

this situation is not as cut-and-dried as it may seem la situación no está tan definida or clara como podría parecer

It's not a cut-and-dried situation we cannot just look at this as a cut-and-dried situation the issue is not so cut-and-dried Reiner feels that most of these cases are cut and dried and that once they reach court a decision will be simple and quick I don't like not knowing. I like things cut and dried

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