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 Hard as Nails.Hard as the Nether Millstone. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Hard as a Stone,
 
“hard as iron,” “hard as brawn,” “hard as ice,” “hard as adamant,” etc. (See SIMILES.)   1
 


 Hard as Nails.Hard as the Nether Millstone. 

 
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