“Dig one's heels in”in other languages
Refuse stubbornly to change your mind.
English
Hungarian
Swedish
EnglishHungarianSwedishSame idea, different pictures
English plants its heels in the ground like someone being dragged along. Swedish sits down crosswise, sätta sig på tvären, blocking the way.
Hungarian brings in history: nem enged a negyvennyolcból, he won't give up any of forty-eight. It refers to the demands of the 1848 revolution, which patriots refused to soften.
More sayings in other languages
- Get off scot-free
- Dodge the fare
- Muddy the waters
- Don't push your luck
- Drag someone's name through the mud
- Drive someone up the wall
- A drop in the bucket
- Drunk as a skunk
- Lead someone up the garden path