He's a dyed-in-the-wool conservative.
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Dyed-in-the-wool
//ˌdaɪd ɪn ðə ˈwʊl//
Synonyms for "dyed-in-the-wool" (114 found)
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28 translations across 11 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 铁杆 adj (firmly established in a person's beliefs or habits)
Dutch
1 entries- door de wol geverfd adj (firmly established in a person's beliefs or habits)
Finnish
4 entries- henkeen ja vereen adj (firmly established in a person's beliefs or habits)
- lankoina värjätty adj (dyed before being formed into cloth)
- parantumaton adj (firmly established in a person's beliefs or habits)
- pesunkestävä adj (firmly established in a person's beliefs or habits)
French
2 entries- ancré adj (firmly established in a person's beliefs or habits)
- teint en laine adj (dyed before being formed into cloth)
German
4 entries- eingefleischt adj (firmly established in a person's beliefs or habits)
- in der Wolle gefärbt adj (dyed before being formed into cloth)
- in der Wolle gefärbt adj (firmly established in a person's beliefs or habits)
- waschecht adj (firmly established in a person's beliefs or habits)
Italian
4 entries- atavico adj (firmly established in a person's beliefs or habits)
- impenitente adj (firmly established in a person's beliefs or habits)
- inveterato adj (firmly established in a person's beliefs or habits)
- radicato adj (firmly established in a person's beliefs or habits)
Japanese
1 entries- 筋金入り adj (firmly established in a person's beliefs or habits)
Portuguese
4 entries- de carteirinha adj (firmly established in a person's beliefs or habits)
- fanático adj (firmly established in a person's beliefs or habits)
- inveterado adj (firmly established in a person's beliefs or habits)
- roxo adj (firmly established in a person's beliefs or habits)
Russian
2 entries- бескомпроми́ссный adj (firmly established in a person's beliefs or habits)
- закорене́лый adj (firmly established in a person's beliefs or habits)
Spanish
3 entries- acérrimo adj (firmly established in a person's beliefs or habits)
- empedernido adj (firmly established in a person's beliefs or habits)
- inveterado adj (firmly established in a person's beliefs or habits)
Thai
1 entries- เข้ากระดูกดำ adj (firmly established in a person's beliefs or habits)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
[…] some Druggets with Thread, that are dyed in the Piece; the others are dyed in the Wool, i. e. the Wool of which they are made, is dyed of several Colours, before it is carded, spun, and weaved.
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That cloth will keep its colour best that is dyed in the wool; and the vessel will longest retain the scent of that liquor with which it is first seasoned.
Source: wiktionary
Smith was a dyed-in-the-wool typist and never really got used to writing on computers.
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