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hard-nose

/hahrd-nohz/US // ˈhɑrdˌnoʊz //

硬鼻,硬鼻子,硬鼻孔,硬鼻头

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Slang.

    • : a person who is tough, practical, and unsentimental, especially in business: We need a hard-nose to run the department.

Examples

  • Just the hard-on before you shoot unarmed members of the public.

  • But so-called jungle primaries are notoriously hard to predict or poll.

  • My body used for his hard pleasure; a stone god gripping me in his hands.

  • All of my stories are about people trying hard not to grow up.

  • We also have a growing body of biological research showing that fathers, like mothers, are hard-wired to care for children.

  • He thought they were now in touch with our troops at "X" but that they had been through some hard fighting to get there.

  • His nose was hooked and rather large, his eyes were blue, bright as steel, and set a trifle wide.

  • However this be, it is hard to say that these fibs have that clear intention to deceive which constitutes a complete lie.

  • And it would be hard indeed, if so remote a prince's notions of virtue and vice were to be offered as a standard for all mankind.

  • Even if poverty were gone, the flail could still beat hard enough upon the grain and chaff of humanity.