cut-and-dried

cut-and-dried (k

n-dr

) also cut-and-dry (-dr

)

adj.

1. Prepared and arranged in advance; settled.

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

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Adj.

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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Hay	The alcohol, shrewdly blended with water, is handed to me, and soon I am caught up in the revelry, with maggots crawling in my brain and John Barleycorn whispering to me that life is big, and that we are all brave and fine--free spirits sprawling like careless gods upon the turf and telling the two-by- four, cut-and-dried, conventional world to go hang. John Barleycorn by London, Jack View in context He found out I'd gone abroad, and looked for a motive; he found out about von Heumann and his mission, and there was his motive cut-and-dried. The Amateur Cracksman by Hornung, E. W. View in context So he had grown rich at last, and thought to transmit to his only son all the cut-and-dried experience which he himself had purchased at the price of his lost illusions; a noble last illusion of age which fondly seeks to bequeath its virtues and its wary prudence to heedless youth, intent only on the enjoyment of the enchanted life that lies before it. The Country Doctor by de Balzac, Honore View in context	cut glass cut in cut into Cut nail cut of beef cut of lamb cut of meat cut of mutton cut of pork cut of veal cut off cut out cut price cut rate cut sheet feed cut short Cut stone cut string cut through cut time cut to cut to ribbons cut to the chase cut up cut-and-cover cut-and-dried cut-and-dry cut-and-paste cut-and-thrust cut-glass cut-in cut-off cut-off velocity cut-offs cut-out cut-price cut-rate cut-rate sale cut-throat cut-up cut-up technique cutaneal cutaneous cutaneous anthrax cutaneous leishmaniasis cutaneous sensation cutaneous senses cutaneous vein cutaway Cutaway coat cutaway drawing	cut up didoes cut up didos cut up didos cut up didos cut up rough cut ups cut value Cut vertex cut water off cut with cut wolf loose Cut work Cut work Cut Your Clothes According to Your Cloth cut your peaches Cut, Cap and Balance Act Cut, Cap, and Balance Act Cut, Clarity, Color and Carat Cut, copy and paste Cut, copy and paste Cut, copy and paste Cut, copy, and paste Cut, copy, and paste Cut, copy, and paste Cut, copy, and paste Cut, Make & Trim cut- cut-and-carry method cut-and-cover cut-and-cover cut-and-dried cut-and-dry cut-and-fill line cut-and-fit ration balancing cut-and-mitered string cut-and-mitered valley cut-and-paste cut-and-paste transposition cut-and-rubbed brick cut-and-thrust cut-back cut-glass cut-glass cut-in cut-in cut-in angle cut-ins cut-ins Cut-leaved Maple cut-off cut-off cut-off Cut-Off Date Cut-Off Dates cut-off elevation Cut-off frequency Cut-off frequency Cut-Off Index Cut-Off Point Cut-Off Point Cut-Off Points

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Hay

The alcohol, shrewdly blended with water, is handed to me, and soon I am caught up in the revelry, with maggots crawling in my brain and John Barleycorn whispering to me that life is big, and that we are all brave and fine--free spirits sprawling like careless gods upon the turf and telling the two-by- four, cut-and-dried, conventional world to go hang.

John Barleycorn by London, Jack View in context

He found out I'd gone abroad, and looked for a motive; he found out about von Heumann and his mission, and there was his motive cut-and-dried.

The Amateur Cracksman by Hornung, E. W. View in context

So he had grown rich at last, and thought to transmit to his only son all the cut-and-dried experience which he himself had purchased at the price of his lost illusions; a noble last illusion of age which fondly seeks to bequeath its virtues and its wary prudence to heedless youth, intent only on the enjoyment of the enchanted life that lies before it.

The Country Doctor by de Balzac, Honore View in context

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cut wolf loose
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Cut Your Clothes According to Your Cloth
cut your peaches
Cut, Cap and Balance Act
Cut, Cap, and Balance Act
Cut, Clarity, Color and Carat
Cut, copy and paste
Cut, copy and paste
Cut, copy and paste
Cut, copy, and paste
Cut, copy, and paste
Cut, copy, and paste
Cut, copy, and paste
Cut, Make & Trim
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cut-and-carry method
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