“Stick to one's guns”in other languages
Refuse to change your position.
English
Dutch
French
EnglishDutchFrenchSame idea, different pictures
English stays by its guns like a soldier who won't abandon them. Dutch keeps its foot by the stake, voet bij stuk houden, firmly planted.
French insists mordicus, a Latin word for “by biting”: holding on with its teeth.
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