Examples of 'cut and dried' in a sentence
Meaning of "cut and dried"
'Cut and dried' is a phrase used to describe a situation, problem or decision that is straightforward, clear, and already settled. It means that something is predictable, predetermined, or lacking any complexity or ambiguity
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- Simple, straightforward, clear, or certain.
- Decided, not open to change.
- Lacking freshness or spontaneity.
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cut and dried
Things are so cut and dried back home.
Marketing budgets are not as cut and dried.
They are cut and dried about that.
We are due for a little cut and dried.
Were cut and dried in the classroom.
He said the case was cut and dried.
A cut and dried paternity suit.
It was probably cut and dried weeks ago.
Everybody makes this out to be so cut and dried.
Seems pretty cut and dried to me.
It will be great to have everything cut and dried.
Society is not as cut and dried as you think it is.
And maybe not everything is so cut and dried.
That was a cut and dried case.
Of situations that at first seemed cut and dried.
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There is no cut and dried answer to these questions.
I think the matter is cut and dried.
Cut and dried case.
You said this was cut and dried.
It ai not as cut and dried as some folks might like.
This was seen as too cut and dried.
History is rarely cut and dried when it comes to religion.
None of this matter is cut and dried.
Carat is not as cut and dried as one would think.
Not all the choices were cut and dried.
Not so cut and dried.
Some flood insurance claims are cut and dried.
It was then cut and dried under stress as described above.
In the land of the cut and dried.
There is nothing cut and dried or clear about my world or yours.
I thought it was all cut and dried.
To be cut and dried.
The man looks pretty cut and dried.
This article is a cut and dried to the point informative writing.
It does look pretty cut and dried.
It's just not so cut and dried that everybody fits the label male or female.
This situation is cut and dried.
It was not so cut and dried as that, as I have tried to explain.
It should be pretty cut and dried.
As I said, it was cut and dried as far as I was concerned.
You have got it all cut and dried.
It 's very cut and dried and clear.
This is not to say that it is cut and dried.
It's just not cut and dried like you want.
Prosecutors called the case cut and dried.
Seems pretty cut and dried to me, sir.
Nothing in what happens next is cut and dried.
I think it 's a bit more cut and dried than even you may think.
I guess that makes things a little less cut and dried.
Does not sound cut and dried to me.
