| 单词 | tough as boots or leather |
| 释义 | > as lemmastough as (old) boots or leather b. tough as (old) boots or leather. Frequently figurative, implying sense A. 4. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [adjective] > coarse or tough toughc1400 boisterous1483 fulsome1555 foul1560 rough1583 coarse1607 indelicate1751 tough as (old) boots or leather1843 the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily strength > [adjective] > robust strongeOE hardOE stalworthc1175 starka1250 stiff1297 steel to the (very) backa1300 stalworthyc1300 wightc1300 stable13.. valiant1303 stithc1325 toughc1330 wrast1338 stoura1350 sadc1384 wighty14.. derfc1440 substantialc1460 well-jointed1483 felon1487 robust1490 stalwart1508 stoutya1529 robustous?1531 rankc1540 hardy1548 robustious1548 stout1576 rustical1583 rustic1620 iron1638 robustic1652 swankinga1704 strapping1707 rugged1731 solid1741 vaudy1793 flaithulach1829 ironbark1833 swankie1838 tough as (old) boots or leather1843 skookum1847 hard (also tough, sharp) as nails1862 hard-assed1954 nails1974 1843 J. W. Carlyle Lett. (1883) I. 219 The ‘cold fowl’ was..as tough as leather. 1870 M. Bridgman Robert Lynne I. xiii. 213 She's as tough as old boots. 1946 J. B. Priestley Bright Day iv. 111 Joe Ackworth's more the type. He's as tough as old leather. 1967 Listener 7 Dec. 765/1 This is no sweet old dolly... She is tough as old boots, working for a living. 1981 M. Hatfield Spy Fever i. iii. 31 Colonel Theakston was..as the saying goes, as tough as old boots. < as lemmas |
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