His speech was cut-and-dried because he had nothing new to say.他的报告单调无味，因为他毫无新的内容可说。We need a cut-and-dried decision by the end of the week.到这周末我们得把这事彻底定下来。We are aiming for guidelines, not cut-and-dried answers.我们想要的是指导原则，不是固定的答案。The situation wasn't as cut-and-dried as we had thought.情况并非我们想的那样已成定局。