Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Contoh penggunaan idiom

Arti idiom (as) hard as nails:
- sangat keras
- keras kepala
- keras/ulet dan agresif
- tak mengenal rasa takut
- tegas dan tanpa kompromi
- bersikap kasar/kejam dan tanpa ampun
- tidak peka, tidak berperasaan


Contoh penggunaan idiom (as) hard as nails dalam kalimat:

- Don’t try to bargain with Liz. She’s as hard as nails.

- Bob may seem sweet and easily swayed, but in fact he’s hard as nails.

- The old loaf of bread was dried out and became as hard as nails.

- Ann was unpleasant and hard as nails.

- Lou Ann knew the garment business and was hard as nails when negotiating with the dress-makers.

- The teacher is as hard as nails. He’s strict and accepts no excuses from students who do not do their work.

- He's a shrewd businessman and hard as nails.

- He is hard as nails on the subject of campaign financing.

- He was a good man, hard as nails and soft as butter, depending on the circumstances.

- Hemingway, hard as nails on the outside but soft as a baby impala on the inside, was an archetypical son of the era.

- He is also an enigma to most of his staff, which has long been baffled by the fact that he can, by turn, be boastful, humble, hard as nails and sob-sister soft.

- Young Keith looks a great prospect, a fast and astute runner with the ball, hard as nails in driving play, a good kicker and passer.

- You are something else. I mean, sometimes I see you can be as hard as nails, and then other times you're just this starry-eyed dreamer.


Catatan
Idiom yang juga memiliki makna yang serupa dengan idiom (as) hard as a nails adalah(as) tough as nails
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