in black and white

意味

written down, so it is official

書面になっていて正式である.

例文

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?

文法

形は変わらず、語順も決まっている：black が先。put something、see something、be there の後によく来る。