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French
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Adverb
dur comme fer
- steadfastly, like a rock, firmly, unshakeably
Père et mère voulaient dur comme fer une fille du nom de Noémi et à force de ne pas se décourager, ils l’ont eue.- The father and the mother definitely/absolutely wanted a daughter whose name would be Noémi, and, with persistence, got her.
2002, Natacha Raoult-Cain, Un Mardi chez les fous, Publibook, page 72:Une vieille bique bretonne, moche comme un pou, mais qui mène la baraque dur comme fer, à manipuler avec précaution- An old Breton hag, ugly as sin, but who runs the crib with an iron hand, to be handled with care
2020 November 4, Bastien Aubert, “ASSE : le sauveur de Claude Puel est peut-être arrivé”, in But Football Club:Devant ce panorama, nombreux sont les observateurs à penser dur comme fer qu’un peu plus d’expérience ne serait pas de trop pour encadrer la jeune garde stéphanoise.- Faced with this panorama, the observers who firmly think that a little more experience to supervise the young guard of Saint-Etienne would not hurt are numerous.
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