be (as) tough as shoe leather
be (as) tough as shoe leather
1. To be very physically strong and resilient. Marty has played in 500 straight games without so much as a sprained ankle—he's as tough as shoe leather. My grandfather did a lot of physical labor around the family farm, so he was tough as shoes leather.
2. To have a tough, leathery texture. Said especially of meat. This meat is as tough as shoe leather—I can't even cut it!
See also: leather, shoe, tough
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- be (as) tough as nails
- be (as) tough as old boots
- tougher than a two-dollar steak
- leather
- (as) tough as (old) (shoe) leather
- tough as leather
- tough as an old boot
- (as) tough as an old boot
- old
- shoe