Cut-and-dried and Hard-and-fast

Cut-and-dried adjective - Being of the type that is encountered in the normal course of events.

Hard-and-fast and cut-and-dried are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hard-and-fast" instead an adjective phrase "Cut-and-dried".

Hard-and-fast adjective - Having been established and usually not subject to change.

Cut-and-dried and hard-and-fast are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cut-and-dried" instead an adjective phrase "Hard-and-fast".