preserved in aspic
English
Adjective
preserved in aspic (comparative more preserved in aspic, superlative most preserved in aspic)
- (idiomatic) Unchanged, especially if contrary to expectation
- Johnston, G., Robertson, E. (2019). BBC World Service: Overseas Broadcasting, 1932–2018. Germany: Palgrave Macmillan UK. p.285
- “He (John Birt - Former BBC Director General) described the (World) service as ‘preserved in aspic, speaking with the plummy tones of a Britain that scarcely existed any longer.”
- Johnston, G., Robertson, E. (2019). BBC World Service: Overseas Broadcasting, 1932–2018. Germany: Palgrave Macmillan UK. p.285