a hard nut

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a hard/tough nut

someone who is difficult to deal with because they are unpleasant or very determined to get what they want People don't tend to mess with Sue. She's a tough nut.

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If it's for me, I'm a hard nut to crack, and I take it standing up. Dracula by Stoker, Bram View in context For old Ewbank hadn't quite appreciated me till then; he was a hard nut, a much older man than myself, and I felt pretty sure he thought me young for the place, and my supposed feat a fluke. The Amateur Cracksman by Hornung, E. W. View in context			a grip on a grip on oneself A growing youth has a wolf in his belly a guiding light a guilt trip A guilty conscience needs no accuser a guinea pig a gut feeling a gut reaction a gut-bucket a hair out of place a hair shirt a hair's breadth a half-wit a halfway house a hand in a hand with a hand-me-down a handful a handle on a hang-up a hanger-on a happy accident a happy hunting ground a happy medium a hard nut a hard nut to crack a hard row to hoe a hard time a hard-on a has-been a hatchet job a hatchet man a head of steam a head start a heart of gold a heart of stone a heart-to-heart a heartbeat away from being a heavy date a heavy hitter A heavy purse makes a light heart a heck of a a heck of a lot of A hedge between keeps friendship green a hell of a a hell of a lot of a hell of a mess a helping hand a hen night a hidden agenda			a gut-bucket A Guy Called Cyco A Guy Called Gerald a hair out of place a hair shirt a hair's breadth a half-wit a halfway house a hand in a hand with a hand-me-down A HANDD a handful a handle on a hang a hang a hang a hang-up a hanger-on a happy accident a happy hunting ground a happy medium a hard act to follow a hard act to follow a hard act to follow a hard act to follow a hard act to follow a hard act to follow A hard case A Hard Day's Night a hard nut a hard nut to crack a hard nut to crack a hard nut to crack a hard nut to crack a hard nut to crack a hard row to hoe a hard row to hoe a hard row to hoe a hard row to hoe a hard time a hard-on A Hardware Programming Language A Hardware Programming Language A Harvest Biotech Foundation International a has-been a hatchet job a hatchet man a head of steam a head start A Healthier Wisconsin A Heart of Gold a heart of stone a heart-to-heart a heartbeat away from a heartbeat away from a heartbeat away from a heartbeat away from being a heartbeat from a heartbeat from a heartbeat from

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