iron-headed
/ˌʌɪənˈhɛdɪd/adjective
1Of a tool, weapon, or other object: having an iron head; tipped with iron.
2Designating King Charles XII of Sweden (1682–1718).
- See note in etymology..
3Hard-headed, determined, unwavering; stubborn, obstinate.
Origin
Late 16th century; earliest use found in Edmund Spenser (?1552–1599), poet and administrator in Ireland. From iron + headed.
- give someone a fit
- give someone a hard time
- give someone a holler
- give someone a mouthful
- give someone an inch and he (or she) will take a mile
- give someone a piece of one's mind
- give someone a shout
- give someone away
- give someone Bondi
- give someone credit for
- give someone grief
- give someone head
- give someone hell
- give someone one
- give someone (or get) a thick ear
- give someone (or get) the bum's rush
- give someone (some) skin
- give someone the big E
- give someone the bird
- give someone the boot
- give someone the creeps
- give someone the elbow
- give someone (the) evils
- give someone the eye
- give someone the finger