made of sterner stuff
adjDefinitions
strong and determined (especially more so than someone else, to whom one is being…
strong and determined (especially more so than someone else, to whom one is being compared).
- When that the poore haue cry'de, Cæsar hath wept: Ambition should be made of sterner stuff
- When Hape sauntered over for a try after only three minutes it looked as if England were destined for a comfortable victory, but Georgia are made of sterner stuff, as they showed when running Scotland close in Invercargill last week.
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