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
NestorNES-tor (English)Greek Mythology, Russian
VirgÍLio-Portuguese
Rouse[rauz]
DaanDAH:NDutch
LenoxLEN-əksScottish, English (Rare)
Radovan-Slovak, Czech, Serbian, Croatian, Medieval Slavic