Secretary: You are going to meet with a client on Wednesday at three. Could I assume that's written in stone?
Boss: Yes, that meeting can't be changed. I've been trying to sit down with that client for weeks.
Secretary: OK. I'll have to juggle a few other appointments.
如果說有什麼事是寫在石頭上，那麼這件事情變動的可能性就很小啦，換而言之，就是不能更改的！
反過來說，你也可以說Nothing is written in stone. 意思是一切都還沒定案，都還在可以更動的情況下。
e.g. It is an initial proposal only and nothing is written in stone, yet.
最後提一下juggle（v.）這個字，意思是更改、更動，由於jug壺的意思，想想如果你的廚房桌上很多大壺，偶爾總是要挪來挪去，那麼juggle這個字是更動的意思就很容易記住啦！
順帶一提：
meet 的意思是「遇到、遇見」，我們經常看到的 meet sb 可以指遇到「某人、跟某人碰面」；不過這裡的用法是 meet with sb，意思與前者稍有不同，指的是「與某個經過安排的人見面」，有較為慎重的意思，這種用法在領袖接見或會晤他人時經常可見。
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