tough as old (shoe) leather
- tough as old (shoe) leather
*tough as an old boot & *tough as old (shoe) leather
1. [of meat] very tough. (*Also:
as \tough as old (shoe) leather.) •
This meat is tough as an old boot.
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Bob couldn't eat the steak. It was as tough as an old boot.
2. [of someone] very strong willed. (*Also:
as \tough as old (shoe) leather.) •
When Brian was lost in the mountains, his friends did not fear for him; they knew he was tough as leather.
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My English teacher was as tough as an old boot.
3. [of someone] not easily moved by feelings such as pity. (*Also:
as \tough as old (shoe) leather.) •
She doesn't care. She's as tough as old shoe leather.
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He was born tough as an old boot and has only grown more rigid.
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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