hard-and-fast

See also: hard and fast

English

Alternative forms

• hard and fast

Etymology

First attested 1867, originally of a ship on shore.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

hard-and-fast (not comparable)

1. (idiomatic, of rules, etc) strictly maintained; not subject to variation

   to stick to hard-and-fast rules

Synonyms

• strict

Translations

strictly maintained

• Catalan: rigorós (ca)
• Finnish: ehdoton (fi)
• French: strict (fr), absolu (fr), qui ne tolère pas d’exception
• Greek: απαράβατος (el) (aparávatos)
• Polish: żelazny (pl)
• Portuguese: estrito (pt), rígido (pt), rigoroso (pt)
• Russian: строгий (ru) (strogij), твердый (ru) (tverdyj); строгое правило n (strogoje pravilo) (hard-and-fast rule)
• Spanish: estricto (es), rígido (es)
• Swedish: benhård (sv), fastslagen (sv), järnhård (sv), orubblig (sv)