Usually means: Difficult problem or stubborn person.
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  1. tough nut: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. tough nut: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom

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▸ noun:  Synonym of tough nut to crack (“person, etc. difficult to deal with”)

Similar:
toughie, tough cookie, tough, tough guy, tough love, difficult, hard time, difficultness, toughened, hard put, more...

Phrases:
a tough nut to crack, a tough nut, tough nut to crack, like a tough nut to crack, more...

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Similar:
toughie, tough cookie, tough, tough guy, tough love, difficult, hard time, difficultness, toughened, hard put, more...

Phrases:
a tough nut to crack, a tough nut, tough nut to crack, like a tough nut to crack, more...



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