Значение идиомы cut-and-dried

[cut-and-dried] {adj. phr.} Decided or expected beforehand; following the same old line; doing the usual thing.

The decision of the judge was cut-and-dried.

The ways of the king’s court were cut-and-dried.

People at the convention heard many cut-and-dried speeches.



Pick the brains of.
Лев толстой на английском биография.


Значение идиомы cut-and-dried