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
Zaboulon-Biblical Greek
KÁZmÉR-Hungarian
Howell[hauəl]
Lindita-Albanian
Marquita-African American
GlaucoGLOW-ko (Italian, Spanish)Italian, Spanish, Portuguese