gruff as a bear
(as) gruff as a bear
Surly or brusque. Don't take it personally, Gordon is gruff as a bear with everyone.
See also: bear, gruff
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
*gruff as a bear
gruff; curt and unsociable. (*Also: as ∼.) I hate to ask Erica questions; she's always gruff as a bear. I'm always as gruff as a bear before I've had my first cup of coffee.
See also: bear, gruff
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- (as) gruff as a bear
- gruff
- hungry as a bear
- (as) hungry as a bear
- bear out
- as much as the traffic will bear
- traffic
- bearing
- bear cage
- take the bear by the tooth