C1idiominformaldecisionsIELTS-friendly
stick to your guns
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to keep your opinion or decision even when others try to change it
Approving. Change 'your' to my, his, her. 'Stuck' is the past form.
In context
Her parents wanted her to study law, but she stuck to her guns and chose art.
If you believe the price is fair, stick to your guns during the negotiation.
More idioms about decisions
- a Catch-22a situation you can't escape because each solution depends on the other
- a change of hearta change in your opinion or plan, usually towards a kinder or different view
- a double-edged swordsomething that has both good and bad effects
- a fait accomplisomething already decided or done that others must now accept
- a foregone conclusiona result that is certain before it happens