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be set in concrete

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be set in concrete
if an arrangement, a plan or a rule is set in concrete, it is completely fixed so that it cannot be changed. We've drawn up some rough guidelines - they're by no means set in concrete. (usually negative)
See also: concrete, set
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His mood didn't seem to lift all day and my doubts about him were beginning to be set in concrete until I wandered into his room.
Nurses: you can't live with them, but could die without them. (Ged's ... by Australian Nursing Journal
The bricks will be set in concrete at the foot of the war memorial, surrounding it - a lasting tribute for everyone to see.
REPUDIATING VANDALS, BRICK BY BRICK by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
As such, Mexico's peripheral status in the new world order will be set in concrete by NAFTA.
The human costs of NAFTA by Burke, Melvin / The Humanist
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