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steady as a rock

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  1. Firm, dependable, as in Betty always knows her part; she's steady as a rock. This simile uses rock in the sense of “something that affords a sure support,” a usage dating from the early 1500s.


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He loves to say he’s steady as a rock.

From Slate Sep. 23, 2023

Lillian described The Queen as being "steady as a rock".

From BBC Sep. 12, 2022

If he is out of control in one quarter, he is steady as a rock in the other.

From Time Magazine Archive

At the Hotel Roosevelt a physician found Post's condition good, noted that his hand was steady as a rock.

From Time Magazine Archive

“The only thing that makes me a man,” Ben says, his voice steady as a rock, “is seeing you safely into becoming a man yerself.”

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness

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