have nerves of steel
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have nerves of steel
To have the ability to stay calm at all times, even during pressure-filled situations. If you're going to be a neurosurgeon, you need to have nerves of steel—there's no time to panic when you're operating on someone's brain. My mother had nerves of steel, and she never backed down from danger.
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have nerves of steel
not be easily upset or frightened.Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
have nerves of ˈsteel
not be easily frightened in a difficult or dangerous situation: She won’t be nervous about doing it. She’s got nerves of steel.Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017