be (as) tough as nails Idiom, Proverb

hard as nails

physically very fit and strong, rough, stern He is as hard as nails and is not a good person to have an argument with.

spitting nails

very angry, very mad, hot, pissed Art was spitting nails when my dog scratched the paint on his car.

bite one's nails

Idiom(s): bite one's nails

Theme: ANXIETY

to be nervous or anxious; to bite one's fingernails from nervousness or anxiety. (Used both literally and figuratively.)
• I spent all afternoon biting my nails, worrying about you.
• We've all been biting our nails from worry.

as hard as nails|hard|nail|nails

adj. phr. Very unfeeling; cruel, and unsympathetic. Uncle Joe is as hard as nails; although he is a millionaire, he doesn't help his less fortunate relatives.

bed of nails|bed|nail|nails

n. phr. A difficult or unhappy situation or set of circumstances. "There are days when my job is a regular bed of nails," Jim groaned.
Antonym: BED OF ROSES.

hard as nails|hard|nail|nails

adj. phr., informal 1. Not flabby or soft; physically very fit; tough and strong. After a summer of work in the country, Jack was as hard as nails, without a pound of extra weight. 2. Not gentle or mild; rough; stern. Johnny works for a boss who is as hard as nails and scolds Johnny roughly whenever he does something wrong.

be (as) boxy as nails

1. To be actual physically able and resilient. Marty has played in 500 beeline amateur after so abundant as a sprained ankle—he's as boxy as nails. My grandfathering did a lot of concrete activity about the ancestors farm, so he was boxy as nails.2. To be actual emotionally or mentally able and resilient, abnormally in the face of adversity. We charge addition who is boxy as nails at the arch of the aggregation back times get rough. The tragedy has been absolutely adamantine on our accomplished family, but my wife has been as boxy as nails throughout it all.Learn more: nail, tough

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