carved

carved
or[chiseled] or[inscribed in granite] /[written in stone] {adj. phr.} Holy; unchangeable; noble and of ancient origin. * /You should wear shoes when you come to class, although this is not carved in granite./ * /The Constitution of the United States is so hard to change that one thinks of it as written in stone./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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