made of stern stuff
MAYD of STERN STUF
meɪd əv stɜːrn stʌfListen
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possessing a fundamentally tough, resilient, and uncompromising character that allows a person to endure hardship, pressure, or adversity without breaking; the phrase, most famously used by Mark Antony in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar to describe Brutus, refers to the quality of the essential material from which a person's character is composed, using the metaphor of material constitution to describe moral and psychological fibre; it is applied to individuals who demonstrate that their core nature equips them to face difficult circumstances that would overwhelm those of lesser constitution
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