Question

Use the following idiom in a sentence of your own.
Hard and fast

Answer 1

Hint: An idiom is a group of words or a phrase that signifies a meaning. However, the meaning may not be the literal meaning of the words. For example, the idiom “Too many cooks spoil the broth” does not have to do with anything related to cooks or broth. It means that when too many people are working on something, it ruins the work being done.

Complete answer:
 Let us look at a few examples before we make a sentence with the given idiom.
The idiom “Do not cry over spilt milk” means to not cry over something that has already happened. For example, “She was very sad that she failed her exam when her brother asked her to not cry over spilt milk but prepare for the re-exam very sincerely”.
The idiom “a piece of cake” means something which is very easy. For example, solving sums on addition and subtraction is a piece of cake for a 12-year-old.
“When pigs fly” is an idiom used to refer to something which is not possible to happen since pigs flying is an impossible thing. Sarah never does anything her mother forbids her to do. Her mother has asked her not to attend the party. Therefore, Sarah will attend the party only when pigs fly.
Now let us come to the given idiom. The idiom “hard and fast” means something which cannot be violated. It is strongly binding on whatever it is applied to. For example, very strong glue helps to stick things hard and fast.
An example of a sentence is “The students had to be prim and proper in school since the rules were hard and fast”.

Note:
Idioms are tricky because they do not literally mean what they say as can be understood from the given examples. Thus, the only way to ace questions on idioms is by learning idioms from books or websites.