here to stay
be here to stay
To be permanent or firmly established; to be a normal part of everyday life, especially after once being considered abnormal or unusual. A lot of people see the ubiquity of the Internet as the death of face-to-face communication, but at this point it is very much here to stay.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
here to stay
Permanent or established, as in I'm afraid the uncertainty about energy costs is here to stay. [First half of 1900s]
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
- be here to stay
- freak of nature
- dyed in the wool
- dyed-in-the-wool
- kitchen-sink
- JDLR
- be set in cement
- cement
- be cast in cement
- be cast in concrete