set in (one's) ways



set in (one's) ways

Inflexible; unwilling to change. Grandma will never retire—she's been a teacher for 50 years and is totally set in her ways. You'll never convince him to change, he's too set in his ways now.
See also: set, way

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
KarstenKAHR-sten (Low German)Low German, Danish, Norwegian
Mared-Welsh
Clemmie['klemi]
Calfuraykal-foo-RAW-eeNative American, Mapuche
Kamal (2)-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Nepali
Perun-Slavic Mythology