hard-bitten

hard-bitten englannista suomeksi

1. karski

hard-bitten englanniksi

1. callous and toughened by experience

2. 1996, Victor Davis Hanson, Introduction to ''The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to The Peloponnesian War'':

Its author, we must remember, was above all a man of action, an elected official, a captain, a traveler, and a pragmatic intellectual, a successful combatant against warrior and disease alike, hardbitten and intimate with both privilege and disgrace, a man who suffered with and outlived most of the greatest men of his age.