hard as nails

*hard as nails

Cliché [of someone] stern and unyielding. (*Also: as ∼.) Don't try to bargain with Liz. She's as hard as nails. Bob may seem sweet and easily swayed, but in fact he's hard as nails.

hard as nails

Unyielding, callous, unsympathetic, as in Don't ask her for a contribution-she's hard as nails. This expression has replaced the 14th-century simile hard as flint stone and presumably alludes to the rigidity of nails.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Columbanus	-	Late Roman
Aldous	AWL-dəs	English (Rare)
Rossella	ros-SEL-lah	Italian
Pettit	['petit]
Delice	-	English (Rare)
Susy	['su:zi]