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be set in one’s ways

закоснеть в своих взглядах, привычках; быть неуступчивым, неуживчивым человеком

…at our time of life, we are too set in our ways, too selfish perhaps, to share our home with a third person. (P. White, ‘The Burnt Ones’, ‘Cheery Soul’) — …в нашем возрасте привычки уже укоренились, и мы, возможно, стали эгоистичны и не можем терпеть в своем доме лишнего человека.

Henry had laughed at him. Said he was too set in his ways to try to please any woman. (H. Robbins, ‘79 Park Avenue’, ch. 6) — Генри посмеивался над Питером, уверяя того, что он совсем закоснел в своих холостяцких привычках и не может больше понравиться ни одной женщине.

Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. — М.: «Русский язык-Медиа»..
2006.

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