idiomsaid when asituationiscertaintodevelopin aparticularway becausedecisionshave been taken that cannot bechanged:大局已定,木已成舟From themomentthenegotiationsfailed, thediewascastandwarwasinevitable.谈判失败之时就大局已定,战争已经不可避免了。SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesCertainty
(as) clear as dayidiom
(as) sure as eggs is eggsidiom
and that's flat!idiom
assured
assuredly
decidedly
deffo
definite
definitely
definitive
nailsomethingon
nailed on
natch
not miss a beatidiom
not miss/skip a beatidiom
solidity
squarely
watertight
would
you can bet your lifeidiom
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