cut-and-dried

cut-and-dried (ktn-drd) also cut-and-dry (-dr)

adj.

1. Prepared and arranged in advance; settled.

2. Ordinary; routine: cut-and-dried dialogue.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

cut-and-dried - according to ordinary expectations cut-and-dry ordinary - not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree; "ordinary everyday objects"; "ordinary decency"; "an ordinary day"; "an ordinary wine"

Translations

cut-and-dried [ˌkʌtənˈdraɪd] cut-and-dry [ˌkʌtənˈdraɪ] ADJ [answer] → concreto; [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

cut-and-dried

adj (fig) → festgelegt; cut-and-dried opinions → festgelegte Meinungen pl; as far as he’s concerned the whole issue is now cut-and-dried → für ihn ist die ganze Angelegenheit erledigt; it’s not quite cut-and-dried → so eindeutig ist das nicht

cut-and-dried [ˌkʌtənˈdraɪd] adj (also cut-and-dry) (fig) → assodato/a

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cut-and-dried [ˌkʌtənˈdraɪd] adj (also cut-and-dry) (fig) → assodato/a