Where does the idiom,"hard as nails" come from?
Hi,
"as hard as nails"
definition: Callous; unsympathetic; unsentimental.
example:'The lawyer was as hard as nails. He felt no pity for anyone.'
origin: When this idiom was coined nails were made of iron and quite large. Short lengths of iron are hard to bend.
definition: Callous; unsympathetic; unsentimental.
example:'The lawyer was as hard as nails. He felt no pity for anyone.'
origin: When this idiom was coined nails were made of iron and quite large. Short lengths of iron are hard to bend.
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