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( кому)прост., неодобр.one is very stubborn (pigheaded); one is as stubborn as a mule; there is no getting it into his head; one would stick to his guns no matter whatИлья вдруг поймал себя на том, что против воли сочувствует этой настырной девчонке, которой хоть кол на голове теши, а она от своего не отступится. (Б. Бедный, Девчата) — Ilya, against his better judgement, found himself siding with the headstrong girl who'd stick to her guns no matter what.
- Этой публике хоть кол на голове теши! - вступил Василий Чинариков... - На эшафоте она не откажется от своих винно-водочных убеждений. (В. Пьецух, Новая московская философия) — 'People are so very pig-headed,' interpolated Vasili Chinarikov... 'Even on the scaffold they wouldn't turn their backs on their wine or vodka.'
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > хоть кол на голове теши
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23 упрямый
1. dogged2. pertinacious3. pigheaded4. stiffnecked5. balky6. froward7. hardheaded8. headstrong9. obdurate10. opinionated11. stockily12. stubbornly13. obstinate; stubborn14. refractory15. restive16. strong-willed17. stubborn18. wilful19. willfulСинонимический ряд:настойчиво (прил.) напористо; настойчиво; настоятельно; настырно; неотступно; упористо; упорно
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См. также в других словарях:
pigheaded — index pertinacious Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
pigheaded — (adj.) also pig headed, see PIG (Cf. pig) (n.) + HEADED (Cf. headed) … Etymology dictionary
pigheaded — *obstinate, stubborn, mulish, stiff necked, bullheaded, dogged, pertinacious Analogous words: headstrong, willful, recalcitrant, refractory (see UNRULY): *contrary, perverse, froward … New Dictionary of Synonyms
pigheaded — [adj] stubborn bullheaded, contrary, dense*, forward, headstrong, inflexible, insistent, intractable, mulish*, obstinate, perverse, recalcitrant, self willed, stiff necked, stupid*, unyielding, willful; concepts 404,542 Ant. flexible, reasonable … New thesaurus
pigheaded — [pig′hed΄id] adj. stubborn; obstinate; mulish pigheadedly adv. pigheadedness n … English World dictionary
pigheaded — adj. pigheaded of (that was pigheaded of him) * * * [ˌpɪg hedɪd] pigheaded of (that was pigheaded of him) … Combinatory dictionary
pigheaded — mod. stupidly stubborn. (From the notion that pigs are immovable.) □ You are unbelievably pigheaded! □ What a stupid pigheaded position to take … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
pigheaded — {adj.} Stubborn; unwilling to compromise. * / Stop being so pigheaded! she cried. I, too, can be right sometimes! / … Dictionary of American idioms
pigheaded — {adj.} Stubborn; unwilling to compromise. * / Stop being so pigheaded! she cried. I, too, can be right sometimes! / … Dictionary of American idioms
pigheaded — pigheadedly, adv. pigheadedness, n. /pig hed id/, adj. stupidly obstinate; stubborn: pigheaded resistance. [1610 20; PIG1 + HEADED] Syn. bullheaded, mulish. * * * … Universalium
pigheaded — pig|head|ed [ˌpıgˈhedıd] adj determined to do things the way you want and refusing to change your mind, even when there are good reasons to do so = ↑stubborn ▪ Never have I met a woman so obstinate, so pigheaded! >pigheadedness n [U] ▪ It was… … Dictionary of contemporary English
