die hard

Definitions

1. 1

   Of a living being, to die only after a desperate struggle for life.

2. 2

   Of a custom, idea, etc. to be slow in changing or disappearing.

   • Already, however, in this earliest phase, new types cease to be invented; technical skill lingers on and dies hard, but inspiration has gone.
   • In Scotland, though, some of the Caledonian products have died hard. They were mostly good straightforward engines.

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