"Be set in concrete" nghĩa là gì?


"Be set in concrete" = Đúc thành/xây thành khối bê tông -> Chỉ điều đã được lên kế hoạch hoặc quyết định hết rồi; ý tưởng/chính sách được chỉnh sửa và không thể thay đổi được.

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"I didn't feel that I could dispute (bàn cãi, tranh luận) it you know, [I felt] that [the debt] was set in concrete. I didn't feel that I had any rights there," he said.

“It won’t be set in concrete, but the idea is that Michael will probably focus a bit more on the two-year-olds within the operation and I’ll concentrate more on the older horses, the middle distance and staying types,” he said.

Trump is using incumbency (trách nhiệm, bổn phận) to raise big bucks, but it’s not clear if massive spending will help influence voter perspectives of a president who is already widely known, Czuba said, noting Trump’s poll numbers appear to be “set in concrete.”

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