cut-and-dried

cut-and-dried  {adj. phr.}
Decided or expected beforehand; following the same old line; doing the usual thing.
The decision of the judge was cut-and-dried.
The ways of the king's court were cut-and-dried.
People at the convention heard many cut-and-dried speeches.
Categories: adjective
Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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