a tough cookie

(American & Australian informal)

someone who is very determined to do what they want and who usually succeeds even in difficult situations We're talking about a woman who brought up six children on her own - she's one tough cookie.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Bartholomeus	-	Dutch, Biblical Latin
Garnette	-	English (Rare)
Kire	-	Macedonian
Augustijn	OW-khuys-tien	Dutch
Aston	['æstən]
Alen	AHL-en (Croatian)	Croatian, Slovene