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
Rodolfito-Spanish
Hajar-Arabic
Macariomah-KAH-ryoSpanish
Bleda-History
Linnetli-NET, LIN-ətEnglish (Rare)
Eleutherius-Late Greek (Latinized)