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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 | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Matheus | | - | Portuguese (Brazilian) |
Darby | | ['da:bi] | |
Hashim | | - | Arabic |
Anselme | | - | French |
Aran (2) | | - | Biblical, Biblical Hebrew |
Nicodemo | | nee-ko-DE-mo (Italian), nee-ko-DHE-mo (Spanish) | Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |