a hard nut

a hard/tough nut

someone who is difficult to deal with because they are unpleasant or very determined to get what they want People don't tend to mess with Sue. She's a tough nut.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Xene	-	Greek
Merton	MUR-tən	English
Hilbert	HIL-bert	German
Nasim	nah-SEEM (Arabic)	Arabic, Urdu
Ingram	['iŋgrəm]
Julianna	yuw-lee-AHN-nah (Polish), joo-lee-AHN-ə (English)	Hungarian, Polish, English