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Mr. Tom Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

"hard and fast" vs "cut and dried"

Hi

Would you say that these are the same?

"hard and fast" vs "cut and dried"

There's no hard and fast/cut and dried method to do this exercise. You can just...

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Tom
  

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No hard and fast rules : If there are no hard and fast rules, there are no clear rules for you to follow. cut and dried: Already decided and unlikely to be changed We need a cut-and-dried decision by the end of the week.

— Brightbilly

  • No hard and fast rules : If there are no hard and fast rules, there are no clear rules for you to follow.
  • cut and dried: Already decided and unlikely to be changed We need a cut-and-dried decision by the end of the week.
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No hard and fast rules :
If there are no hard and fast rules, there are no clear rules for you to follow.
cut and dried:
Already decided and unlikely to be changed
We need a cut-and-dried decision by the end of the week.
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They both work the same in your sentence.

"Hard and fast" stresses the ridgidity of it. (no wiggle room)

"Cut and dried" stresses the finality of it. (too late to change it)
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