HyperDic: hard-and-fast

English > 1 sense of the word *hard-and-fast*:
ADJECTIVE	all	hard-and-fast, strict	(of rules) stringently enforced

English > *hard-and-fast*: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaning	(of rules) stringently enforced.
Example	"hard-and-fast rules"
Synonym	strict
Broader	invariable	not liable to or capable of change
Spanish	estricto, inflexible, rígido