dyed-in-the-wool
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British, America) IPA: /ˌdaɪd ɪn ðə ˈwʊl/
dyed-in-the-wool
- (of textiles) Dyed before being formed into cloth.
- (idiomatic, figuratively) Firmly established in a person's beliefs or habits; deeply ingrained in the nature of a person or thing.
- Smith was a dyed-in-the-wool typist and never really got used to writing on computers.
- John Major was described by his opponents as a dyed-in-the-wool Conservative.
- (firmly established) bred-in-the-bone, deep-rooted, deep-seated
- French: teint en laine
- German: in der Wolle gefärbt
- French: ancré
- German: waschecht, eingefleischt
- Italian: inveterato, radicato, atavico, impenitente
- Russian: закорене́лый
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