preserved in aspic

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic)Unchanged, especially ifcontrarytoexpectation.Synonym:preserved in amberJohnston, G., Robertson, E. (2019). BBC World Service: Overseas Broadcasting, 1932–2018. Germany: Palgrave Macmillan UK. p.285He described the service as ‘preserved in aspic, speaking with the plummy tones of a Britain that scarcely existed any longer’.

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