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steady as a rock
Idioms and Phrases
Firm, dependable, as in Betty always knows her part; she's steady as a rock . This simile uses rock in the sense of “something that affords a sure support,” a usage dating from the early 1500s.Example Sentences
"What a lot of people who don't play darts don't understand is how difficult it is to play. You've got all this adrenaline, all the emotions whirling round inside you and you have to stay as steady as a rock to throw that dart properly at the target."
He loves to say he’s steady as a rock.
"Steady as a rock," Lillian replied.
Lillian described The Queen as being "steady as a rock".
He holds me, steady as a rock.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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