dyed-in-the-wool

Language: en

Meaning: (oftextiles)Having thefibresdyed before they are formed intocloth.1747, John Smith, chapter 156, inChronicon Rusticum-Commerciale; or, Memoirs of Wool, &c.‎[1], volume 2, London: T. Osborne, page431:[…]someDruggetswith Thread, that are dyed in the Piece; the others aredyed in the Wool,i. e.the Wool of which they are made, is dyed of several Colours, before it is carded, spun, and weaved.1810January, “Redeeming the Time”, inThe Evangelical Magazine, volume18, page 7:That cloth will keep its colour best that isdyed in the wool; and the vessel will longest retain the scent of that liquor with which it is first seasoned.; (idiomatic,figuratively,of a person)Firmlyestablishedin one'sbeliefsorhabits; having a specifiedcharacteristic,identity, etc. deeplyingrainedin one'snature.Synonym:inveterateSmith was adyed-in-the-wooltypist and never really got used to writing on computers.John Major was described by his opponents as adyed-in-the-woolConservative.1820,Daniel Webster,A Discourse Delivered at Plymouth, December 22, 1820‎[2], Boston: Wells and Lilly, published1830, page101:We all know a process, sir, by which the wholeEssex Juntocould, in one hour, be all washed white from their ancient federalism, and come out, every one of them, an original democrat,dyed in the wool!1850,Nathaniel Hawthorne, “Introductory”, inThe Scarlet Letter, a Romance, Boston, Mass.:Ticknor, Reed, and Fields,→OCLC,[https://archive.org/details/scarletletterrom01hawt/page/18/mode/1up?q=%22dyed+in+the+wool%22 18/mode/1up page18]:He might truly be termed a legitimate son of the revenue system,dyed in the wool, or rather, born in the purple; since his sire, a Revolutionary colonel, and formerly collector of the port, had created an office for him, and appointed him to fill it, at a period of the early ages which few living men can now remember.1944November and December, Talisman, “A Broadening Horizon”, inRailway Magazine, page340:Although appreciating the rapidity and frequency of the Southern electric services I was now to use on short journeys, I became more than ever convinced that electric traction offers very little of interest to thedyed-in-the-woolrailwayist.1956,Rose Macaulay, chapter 23, inThe Towers of Trebizond‎[3], London: Collins:For all he says he isn’t, he’s a bit of anultramontane, in practice though not in theory, and we can’t have that in the Church of England, we must staydyed-in-the-woolAnglican.2004,Philip Roth, chapter 8, inThe Plot Against America‎[4], London: Jonathan Cape, page304:Our president is no lover of Jews and more than likely adyed-in-the-woolanti-Semite[…]2021April 7, Christian Wolmar, “Electrification is a given... but comfort matters as well”, inRAIL, number928, page47:Again, to go back to the history of British Railways, there were moves to introduce electrification more widely when the West Coast Main Line was sparked up in the 1960s, but this was rejected bydyed-in-the-woolold regional railway managers who did not like the hassle of putting up the wires.

Examples:

EN: Doctor Mudd was a dyed-in-the-wool slaver.
ES: El Dr. Mudd siempre ha sido un esclavista.
EN: But my mother is a real dyed-in-the-wool Yankee.
ES: Pero mi madre era yanqui.
EN: I bet the gentlemen knock each other down... to show how polite they can be to a real dyed-in-the-wool lady.
ES: Me imagino lo que puede hacer un caballero... para mostrar su educación a una dama recalcitrante.
EN: It's the right way, if you're a dyed-in-the-wool scaredy-cat.
ES: Es el buen camino, si eres un completo cobarde.
EN: You tell him That the real, genuine, 100%, dyed-in-the-wool Swifty Morgan is waiting for him.
ES: Dile que el verdadero y genuino Swifty Morgan lo está esperando.
EN: That's the supreme irony. A dyed-in-the-wool black-hater like you has never met Mr Miller.
ES: Ésa es la gran ironía, un racista de pura cepa...
EN: He's a dyed-in-the-wool rancher now.
ES: Está convertido en un ranchero.
EN: You really are a dyed-in-the-wool!
ES: ¡Realmente no tienes remedio!
EN: A real dyed-in-the-wool Yank?
ES: Judith. ¿Parece el típico yanqui?
EN: - (chuckles) You mean a dyed-in-the-wool old maid?
ES: -¿Quieres decir una vieja solterona recalcitrante? ¡Cecily!
EN: He's a smart, funny, charming, dyed-in-the-wool male chauvinist, who brags about most things other guys are afraid to admit to themselves.
ES: Es un machista inteligente, divertido, encantador... un chauvinista acérrimo... que se jacta de la mayoría de las cosas que los otros hombres temen admitirse.
EN: I will not be perceived by anybody... as anything other than a dyed-in-the-wool hetero!
ES: No quiero que nadie me considere otra cosa más que un heterosexual de cabo a rabo.
EN: I'm a lifelong, dyed-in-the-wool don't-know, really.
ES: Soy una cabeza dura de toda la vida, en verdad.
EN: And not just because I'm a dyed-in-the-wool baseball freak. And the fact that you never finished high school, and the fact that you did time, it's all pretty impressive.
ES: No solo porque me encanta el béisbol, sino porque no acabaste la secundaria y estuviste en la cárcel.
EN: A dyed-in-the-wool killer, cold-blooded, clean and methodical.
ES: Un asesino despiadado, a sangre fría, limpio y metódico.

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