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
Paderau-Welsh
Wadud-Arabic
Claudineklo-DEENFrench
Iwonaee-VAW-nahPolish
Ignacja-Polish
Hallvard-Norwegian