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
Hallie	HAL-ee	English
Anastasios	-	Greek, Ancient Greek
Ephraim	EE-free-im (English), EE-frəm (English), E-free-im (English), E-frəm (English)	Biblical, Jewish, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Lester	['lestə]
Ora (2)	-	Hebrew
Griffith	['grifiθ]