Idiom
hard as nails
Meaning
Very unsympathetic; callous
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The boss is hard as nails and never shows any pity.”
“Do not expect any sympathy from the manager, as she is hard as nails when it comes to following company rules.”
“Despite the desperate pleas of his employees, the director remained hard as nails, refusing to offer any leniency regarding the strict new deadlines.”
Examples
simple
“The boss is hard as nails and never shows any pity.”
contextual
“Do not expect any sympathy from the manager, as she is hard as nails when it comes to following company rules.”
complex
“Despite the desperate pleas of his employees, the director remained hard as nails, refusing to offer any leniency regarding the strict new deadlines.”
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