I tried to convince Jake to go to the doctor, but he's as stubborn as a mule.
•For four years, Henry pestered his parents to let him learn the trumpet. They tried to talk him into some other, quieter instrument, but he was stubborn as a mule, and now he has a trumpet.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
Mule — Conservation status Domesticated Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
obstinate — obstinate, dogged, stubborn, pertinacious, mulish, stiff necked, pigheaded, bullheaded are comparable when they mean fixed or unyielding by temperament or nature. Obstinate implies persistent adherence, especially against persuasion or attack, to … New Dictionary of Synonyms
mule — Ⅰ. mule [1] ► NOUN 1) the offspring of a male donkey and a female horse, typically sterile. 2) a hybrid plant or animal, especially a sterile one. 3) a stupid or obstinate person. 4) informal a courier for illegal drugs. 5) historical a kind of… … English terms dictionary
mule|head|ed — «MYOOL HEHD ihd», adjective. stupidly obstinate or stubborn; pig headed … Useful english dictionary
as obstinate as a mule — very stubborn … English contemporary dictionary
mule — {{11}}mule (1) offspring of donkey and horse, from O.E. mul, O.Fr. mul mule, hinny (12c., fem. mule), both from L. mulus (fem. mula) a mule, probably from a pre Latin Mediterranean language. The mule combines the strength of the horse with the… … Etymology dictionary
obstinate — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. stubborn, firm, headstrong, dogged, pertinacious, opinionated, strong minded, contumacious, opinionative, contradictory, inflexible, positive, perverse, contrary, cantankerous, unimpressible, determined, convinced,… … English dictionary for students
mule — 1. n. 1 the offspring (usu. sterile) of a male donkey and a female horse, or (in general use) of a female donkey and a male horse (cf. HINNY(1)), used as a beast of burden. 2 a stupid or obstinate person. 3 (often attrib.) a hybrid and usu.… … Useful english dictionary
obstinate — adjective it s unusual for two such obstinate people to have a happy marriage Syn: stubborn, unyielding, inflexible, unbending, intransigent, intractable, obdurate, mulish, bullheaded, stubborn as a mule, pigheaded, self willed, strong willed,… … Thesaurus of popular words
mule — mule1 noun 1》 the offspring of a male donkey and a female horse, typically sterile. Compare with hinny1. 2》 a hybrid plant or animal, especially a sterile one. 3》 an obstinate person. 4》 informal a courier for illegal drugs. 5》 (also spinning… … English new terms dictionary
obstinate — adj 1. inflexible, immovable, not to be moved, adamant, adamantine, stiff necked, set, set in one s ways, Inf. hard core, Inf. hard shell; inexorable, implacable, intransigent, intractable, uncompromising, unbending, unwavering, unyielding;… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
