no hard and fast rules
no hard and fast rules
No rules or guidelines that are binding, rigidly adhered to, and/or clearly defined. The manager has no hard and fast rules, so he has no way of keeping his employees in line. Unfortunately, the drug is so still so new that there aren't really any hard and fast rules about proper dosage.
See also: and, fast, hard, no, rule
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- hard and fast
- play by (one's) rules
- play by somebody's rules
- according to Hoyle
- make (something) up as (one) goes (along)
- Mr Clean
- Mr. Clean
- by the numbers
- a law unto
- a law unto yourself