in black and white

Bedeutung

written down, so it is official

Schriftlich festgehalten und damit verbindlich.

Beispiele

1. 1I won't believe the pay rise until I see it in black and white.
2. 2The landlord promised to fix the boiler, so I asked him to put it in black and white.
3. 3Get the refund promise in black and white, because phone calls are easy to forget.
4. 4It's there in black and white in your contract: twenty-five days' holiday a year.
5. 5Why didn't anyone put the new rules in black and white before the school trip?

Grammatik

Die Wendung verändert sich nicht, und die Reihenfolge ist fest: black steht zuerst. Oft nach put something, see something oder be there.