- dyed-in-the-wool conservative
- отъявленный консерватор
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dyed-in-the-wool conservative
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dyed-in-the-wool — adj entrenched, inveterate, deep rooted, diehard, established, long standing, settled, fixed, hard core, hardened, inflexible, unchangeable, uncompromising, unshak(e)able, through and through, thorough, confirmed, complete, card carrying ≠… … Useful english dictionary
dyed in the wool — unchanging in a particular belief or opinion; inveterate she s a dyed in the wool conservative Origin: with allusion to the fact that yarn was dyed in the raw state, producing a more even and permanent color * * * ˌdyed in the ˈwool [dyed in the… … Useful english dictionary
dyed-in-the-wool — adjective /ˌdaɪd ɪn ðə ˈwʊl/ a) Dyed before being formed into cloth. Smith was a dyed in the wool typist and never really got used to writing on computers. b) Firmly established in a persons beliefs or habits; deeply ingrained in the nature of a… … Wiktionary
dyed-in-the-wool — ADJ GRADED: ADJ n If you use dyed in the wool to describe someone or their beliefs, you are saying that they have very strong opinions about something, which they refuse to change. He was a dyed in the wool conservative … English dictionary
DYED-IN-THE-WOOL — (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. through and through, to the very core, deep down. The senator had consistently shown himselfto be a dyed in the wool conservative. SYN.: through and through, to the core, deep down, out and out, complete, utter,… … English dictionary for students
dyed-in-the-wool — adjective Date: 1580 thoroughgoing, uncompromising < a dyed in the wool conservative > … New Collegiate Dictionary
dyed-in-the-wool — {adj. phr.} Thoroughly committed; inveterate; unchanging. * /He is a died in the wool Conservative Republican./ … Dictionary of American idioms
dyed-in-the-wool — {adj. phr.} Thoroughly committed; inveterate; unchanging. * /He is a died in the wool Conservative Republican./ … Dictionary of American idioms
dyed-in-the-wool — adj. phr. thoroughly committed; inveterate; unchanging. He is a died in the wool Conservative Republican … Словарь американских идиом
conservative — I n. a dyed in the wool; political conservative II adj. conservative in (conservative in one s views) * * * [kən sɜːvətɪv] political conservative a dyed in the wool conservative in (conservative in one s views) … Combinatory dictionary
conservative — 1. adjective 1) the conservative wing of the party Syn: right wing, reactionary, traditionalist; Republican; Brit. Tory; informal redneck Ant: socialist 2) our more conservative neighbors may object to the modern architecture being proposed Syn … Thesaurus of popular words
