10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DIG ONE'S HEELS IN»
Discover the use of
dig one's heels in in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
dig one's heels in and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Dictionary of Confusable Phrases: More Than 10,000 Idioms ...
... use the occasion to make a comprehensive purge. However humane this
behavior may seem, politically it was digging his own grave. dig one's heels in •
dig oneself in dig one's heels in—act firmly; refuse to yield: It is not an indication
of my ...
... on the heels oj war. * to come to heel 1. (ft) ± Af£® 2. <{$J6)-1£«!> SHU ; SISS ;
mit (The most difficult child will come to heel if he or she is treated in the right way
. 5d^ffl &*m»mn • > to cool one's heels M, COOL to dig one's heels in H DIG to ...
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Chambers concise dictionary
4 an act of digging. [13c] ♢ dig a pit for someone to lay a trap for them, dig in one's
heels or dig one's heels in to refuse to change one's mind, dig one's own grave to
be the cause of one's own failure or downfall. O dig in 1 colloq to start to eat.
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Chambers Pocket Dictionary
dig in one's heels or dig one's heels in to refuse to change one's mind. — dig
one's own grave to be the cause of one's own failure or downfall. — v dig out (tr)
1 to get (something or someone) out by digging. 2 (coll) to find by searching. — v
dig ...
Elaine Higgleton, Howard Sargeant, Anne Seaton, 1992
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Heinemann English Dictionary
2 to submit to authority, cool one's heels, kick one's heels to wait or be kept
waiting, dig one's heels in to maintain one's position obstinately. down at heel
shabby or untidy. hard on the heels of very close behind. kick up one's heels to
have fun.
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English/German Dictionary of Idioms: Supplement to the ...
(dicht/hart) auf den Fersen sein • Ferse: jn. auf den Fersen haben to cool one's
heels Beine: sich die Beine in den Bauch/Leib stehen to dig one's heels in
schalten: auf stur/entgegenkommend/liebenswürdig/... schalten • stellen: sich stur
stellen ...
Professor Hans Schemann, 2013
E2HHZEH I've been cooling my heels here fer the past hour waiding fer you do
arrive! dig one's heels in (to) exp. to refuse to change one's mind, to be stubborn.
HEEmi Tessa dug her heels in and told her mother that she wouldn't go to ...
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Hocak Teaching Materials, Volume 1: Elements of ...
(1 ) (hanaajik, hananajik) dig one's heels in; refuse to do sth.; refuse to go
somewhere. PHYSICAL CONTACT, PSYCHIC EMOTION ExPRESSIoN Nige
howare siirera hanajiksana. 'When they told him tO go somewhere he wouldn't/
refused to.
Johannes Helmbrecht, Christian Lehmann, 2010
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English Pronouncing Dictionary
... 'hi:. ha:, -ha:, ,-'--s -z -ing -in -ed-d heel hi:l -s -z -ing -irj -ed -d ,cool one's heels;
,dig one's heels in; ,drag one's 'heels; ,hard on the heels of; ,kick one's heels
heeler 'hi:.lar ® -\3- -s -z Heeley 'hi:.li Heenan 'hi:. nan Heep hi:p Heffer 'hef.a1"®-
^ ...
Daniel Jones, Peter Roach, James Hartman, 2006
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The Sterling Book of Idioms
to dig one's heels in to resist a request by all the means at one's disposal When
the landlord asked Ramesh to vacate the premises without any notice, he dug his
heels in and refused. to cool one's heels to be kept waiting a long time I was ...
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DIG ONE'S HEELS IN»
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dig one's heels in is used in the context of the following news items.
Let's just take out all the words to O Canada
When the forces of political correctness attack tradition for the sake of “equality and diversity”, a natural inclination is to dig one's heels in. «National Post, Oct 13»
Interview: Professor Roger Griffin
Another is to "dig one's heels in and become more Muslim than the Muslims, and that's where the availability of Islamist websites and preachers ... «Politics.co.uk, Oct 12»
