"A tough cookie" nghĩa là gì?

Người đàn bà hóa đá. Photo by Aaron Lee

"A tough cookie" = Bánh quy khó nhai -> Người mạnh mẽ, có ý chí, tự tin và can đảm, đặc biệt không dễ bị lung lay hay bị đánh bại.

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She might be a tough cookie, but Sandy is also well respected by both her peers (đồng trang lứa) and her subordinates (cấp dưới).

"It is a difficult world and you do have to be a tough cookie to make it," she said. "If I was to do it again, I'd do it at a younger age.

Recently, a client told me, “You’re a tough cookie.” Many have told me, “You can really hold your liquor.” Others ignore me during meetings and direct all their technical questions to my male colleagues. Still others have made obnoxious (độc địa, ghê tởm) comments about my blond hair.

“That’s a good way to start off her career,” Alvarez said. “She’s a tough cookie.” Devin Zelck said she had gone tuna-fishing (đánh cá ngừ) with her father Steve, a commercial fisherman out of Gloucester, several times but had always came up empty handed. They headed out (ra ngoài) at 5 a.m. last Friday on the Dogbar for what was supposed to be a short, half-day trip.

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