- tough cookie
- Noun. A strong unyielding person.
English slang and colloquialisms. 2014.
tough cookie
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tough cookie — tough cookies N COUNT If you describe someone as a tough cookie, you mean that they are unemotional and are not easily hurt by what people say or do. She really is a tough cookie … English dictionary
tough cookie — A tough cookie is a person who will do everything necessary to achieve what they want … The small dictionary of idiomes
tough cookie — noun count INFORMAL someone who is strong enough to deal with difficult or violent situations … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
tough cookie — A tough cookie is a person who will do everything necessary to achieve what they want. (Dorking School Dictionary) *** A person who is a tough cookie is one who is self confident and ambitious and will do what is necessary to get what… … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
tough cookie — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms tough cookie : singular tough cookie plural tough cookies informal someone who is strong enough to deal with difficult or violent situations … English dictionary
tough cookie — n. a tough person. □ He’s a tough cookie, but I can handle him. □ There was a tough cookie in here this morning who demanded to see the manager … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
tough cookie — {n. phr.} An extremely determined, hardheaded person, or someone with whom it is unusually difficult to deal. * /Marjorie is a very pretty girl, but when it comes to business she sure is one tough cookie./ … Dictionary of American idioms
tough cookie — {n. phr.} An extremely determined, hardheaded person, or someone with whom it is unusually difficult to deal. * /Marjorie is a very pretty girl, but when it comes to business she sure is one tough cookie./ … Dictionary of American idioms
tough cookie — noun A person who can endure physical or mental hardship; a hardened, strong willed person. An austere, hard lining rightist, who lives alone, Ioannidis is described by one Washington military official as a real tough cookie … Wiktionary
tough\ cookie — n. phr. An extremely determined, hardheaded person, or someone with whom it is unusually difficult to deal. Marjorie is a very pretty girl, but when it comes to business she sure is one tough cookie … Словарь американских идиом
