(as) hard as a rock

(as) hard as a rock

Very hard. I can't use this pillow, it's hard as a rock! How am I supposed to knead this dough when it's as hard as a rock? A lifetime of manual labor made the muscles in my father's arms as hard as a rock.

See also: hard, rock

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*hard as a rock

 and *hard as stone

very hard. (*Also: as ∼.) This cake is as hard as a rock! I can't drive a nail into this wood. It's hard as stone.

See also: hard, rock

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