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
Aikman['eikmən]
Roser-Catalan
DeltaDEL-təEnglish
Alonsoah-LON-soSpanish
FÁBiÁN-Hungarian
Halkyone-Greek Mythology