set in one's ways, be



set in one's ways, be

Be inflexible, fixed in one's habits, as in She's too set in her ways to go out and buy a dog. This idiom uses set in the sense of "in a rigid position," a usage dating from about 1300.
See also: set

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Verner-Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
AnĐA-Croatian, Serbian
Sundar-Tamil, Indian, Hindi
HarriHAHR-ree (Finnish)Finnish, Welsh
BrendanBREN-dən (English)Irish, English
Lovel-English (Rare)