hard as nails

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*hard as nails

Cliché [of someone] stern and unyielding. (*Also: as ∼.) Don't try to bargain with Liz. She's as hard as nails. Bob may seem sweet and easily swayed, but in fact he's hard as nails.

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I'm fifteen stone, as hard as nails, and play center three-quarter every Saturday for the London Irish. The Lost World by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context So she had another dug and a frightful expense it was, and the water as hard as nails. Anne's House of Dreams by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context			hang up hang up boots hang up on hang up your hat hang with hanged hanging hanker after hanky-panky happen happen on happen to happiness happy happy as a clam happy camper happy hour Happy is the bride that the sun shines on Happy is the country which has no history happy to happy-go-lucky harbinger of things to come harbor against hard hard as a rock hard as nails hard at hard cash Hard cheddar! Hard cheese! hard feelings hard going Hard lines hard nut to crack hard of hearing hard on hard on heels hard on the heels of hard put hard put to hard sledding hard to believe hard to swallow hard to take hard up Hard words break no bones hard-boiled hard-nosed harden harden heart harden off			hard hard hard hard hard Hard & Deeply Buried Target Defeat Capability Hard 10 Hard 10 Hard 2 Obtain Hard 4 Hard 4 Hard 6 Hard 6 Hard 8 Hard 8 Hard Acid Hard Act to Follow Hard alee Hard Alloys Hard American Metallic Rock Hard and Deeply Buried Target hard and fast hard and fast hard and fast Hard and soft (martial arts) Hard and Soft Acids and Bases Hard and soft drugs Hard and soft drugs Hard Array Logic Hard as a Rock hard as nails hard as stone hard asphalt hard asset Hard assets hard at hard at doing hard at doing working hard at hard automation hard bag hard bag hard bag Hard balancing Hard balancing Hard balancing Hard balancing Hard Ball Hard Bargain Blues Band hard bargaining Hard base hard beach hard beach Hard bebop hard beech Hard Black hard blow Hard Body Hand Over Hard Boiled Hard boiled egg Hard boiled egg Hard boiled eggs

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