| 单词 | hard nut |
| 释义 | > as lemmashard nut hard nut n. originally U.S. (a) a difficult question, problem, or undertaking; = a hard nut to crack at nut n.1 4 (now somewhat rare); (b) colloquial a person who is difficult or dangerous to deal with; an aggressive or unsentimental person, a tough nut. ΚΠ 1819 Public Ledger & Daily Advertiser 21 Oct. 1/4 A few of the many thousand questions..which might be put to a Deist..may furnish some person with a Hard Nut or two for these sort of folk. 1848 Boston Post 12 Aug. 1/7 When Rev. Mr Burchard, the great revivalist..was a young man he was a hard nut. 1917 Charlotte (N. Carolina) Med. Jrnl. Aug. 78/2 I recruited from the slums of St. Louis: hard nuts who roughed it, day and night. 1938 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 7 July 18/5 He's a hard nut and drives a hard bargain. 1957 Billboard 13 Apr. 39/1 None of the services are known to have come up with quick answers to these hard nuts. 2006 ‘R. C. Brown’ Common as Muck! ii. 43 Once I'd gained a reputation as the third-best fighter, every other hard nut in the school wanted to have a go at me. < as lemmas |
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