as stiff as a ramrod
1be as stiff as a ramrod — be as stiff/straight as a ramrod old fashioned if someone is as stiff as a ramrod, they stand or sit with their back very straight and stiff. At eighty three, he s still as straight as a ramrod …
2ramrod — ram|rod [ˈræmrɔd US ra:d] n 1.) straight/stiff as a ramrod sitting or standing with your back straight and your body stiff 2.) a stick for cleaning a gun or pushing ↑gunpowder into an old fashioned gun …
3ramrod — [[t]ræ̱mrɒd[/t]] ramrods 1) N COUNT A ramrod is a long, thin rod which can be used for pushing something into a narrow tube. Ramrods were used, for example, for forcing an explosive substance down the barrel of an old fashioned gun, or for… …
4ramrod — ram|rod1 [ ræm,rad ] noun count a long thin stick that was used for pushing GUNPOWDER into a gun ramrod ram|rod 2 [ ræm,rad ] verb transitive AMERICAN to try to achieve something using force or threats: ramrod a bill through Congress ramrod… …
5ramrod — noun (C) 1 stiff/straight as a ramrod sitting or standing with your back straight and your body stiff 2 a stick for pushing gunpowder into an old fashioned gun, or for cleaning a small gun …
6be as straight as a ramrod — be as stiff/straight as a ramrod old fashioned if someone is as stiff as a ramrod, they stand or sit with their back very straight and stiff. At eighty three, he s still as straight as a ramrod …
7straight as a ramrod — (or ramrod straight) : in a very straight and stiff way used especially to describe the way someone stands or sits The guard stood straight as a ramrod. He sat in the saddle, ramrod straight. • • • Main Entry: ↑ramrod …
8inelastic — adj 1. inflexible, unflexible, unbendable, unpliant, irresilient, inductile, flaccid, flabby; stiff, rigid, hard, unyielding, unretractable; firm, tense, unmalleable, unlimber, Inf. stiff as a poker, Inf. out of condition. 2. unadaptable,… …
9inflexible — adj 1. rigid, stiff, unbendable, unad justable, hard, unyielding, unretractable; firm, tense, unmalleable, unlimber, Inf. stiff as a poker, Inf. out of condition. 2. immovable, Inf. hard as nails, Inf. stiff as a ramrod; unadaptable,… …
10rigid — adj 1. stiff, hard, inflexible, unflexible, non flexible, unbendable, unbending, unyielding; inelastic, unplastic, nonpliant, unmalleable, nonmailable; tight, tense, taut, Inf. stiff as a poker, Inf. stiff as a ramrod. 2. fixed, set, firm,… …
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