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  • 1 hammer

    ['hæmə] 1. noun
    1) (a tool with a heavy usually metal head, used for driving nails into wood, breaking hard substances etc: a joiner's hammer.) σφυρί
    2) (the part of a bell, piano, clock etc that hits against some other part, so making a noise.) γλωσσίδι,σφύρα
    3) (in sport, a metal ball on a long steel handle for throwing.) σφύρα
    2. verb
    1) (to hit, beat, break etc (something) with a hammer: He hammered the nail into the wood.) χτυπώ με σφυρί,σφυροκοπώ
    2) (to teach a person (something) with difficulty, by repetition: Grammar was hammered into us at school.) χώνω στο κεφάλι(με την επανάληψη),εντυπώνω
    - give someone a hammering
    - give a hammering
    - hammer home
    - hammer out

    English-Greek dictionary > hammer

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  • hard as nails — {adj. phr.}, {informal} 1. Not flabby or soft; physically very fit; tough and strong. * /After a summer of work in the country, Jack was as hard as nails, without a pound of extra weight./ 2. Not gentle or mild; rough; stern. * /Johnny works for… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • hard as nails — {adj. phr.}, {informal} 1. Not flabby or soft; physically very fit; tough and strong. * /After a summer of work in the country, Jack was as hard as nails, without a pound of extra weight./ 2. Not gentle or mild; rough; stern. * /Johnny works for… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • hard as nails — A person who is as hard as nails is either physically tough or has little or no respect for other people s feelings …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • hard as nails — CALLOUS, hard hearted, heartless, unfeeling, unsympathetic, uncaring, insensitive, unsentimental, hardbitten, tough, lacking compassion. → nail * * * hard as nails 1. Very hard 2. Callous 3. Very tough • • • Main Entry: ↑hard hard as nails 1. In… …   Useful english dictionary

  • hard\ as\ nails — adj. phr. informal 1. Not flabby or soft; physically very fit; tough and strong. After a summer of work in the country, Jack was as hard as nails, without a pound of extra weight. 2. Not gentle or mild; rough; stern. Johnny works for a boss who… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • hard as nails — he regretted having been a father who always acted as if he were hard as nails Syn: callous, hard hearted, heartless, unfeeling, unsympathetic, uncaring, insensitive, unsentimental, hard bitten, tough, lacking compassion …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • hard as nails —    A person who is as hard as nails is either physically tough or has little or no respect for other people s feelings.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • hard as nails — tough, not sympathetic    The lawyer was as hard as nails. He felt no pity for anyone …   English idioms

  • hard as nails — physically very fit and strong, rough, stern He is as hard as nails and is not a good person to have an argument with …   Idioms and examples

  • as hard as nails — {adj. phr.} Very unfeeling; cruel, and unsympathetic. * /Uncle Joe is as hard as nails; although he is a millionaire, he doesn t help his less fortunate relatives./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • as hard as nails — {adj. phr.} Very unfeeling; cruel, and unsympathetic. * /Uncle Joe is as hard as nails; although he is a millionaire, he doesn t help his less fortunate relatives./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

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