mettle (redirected from mettles)

met·tle  (mtl)

n.

1. Courage and fortitude; spirit: troops who showed their mettle in combat.

2. Inherent quality of character and temperament.

Idiom:

on (one's) mettle

Prepared to accept a challenge and do one's best.

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[Variant of metal.]

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mettle [ˈmɛt^əl]

n

1. courage; spirit

2. inherent character

on one's mettle roused to putting forth one's best efforts

[originally variant spelling of metal]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

mettle - the courage to carry on; "he kept fighting on pure spunk"; "you haven't got the heart for baseball" nerve, spunk, heart braveness, bravery, courage, courageousness - a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear

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mettle

noun

1. courage, spirit, resolution, resolve, life, heart, fire, balls (taboo slang), bottle (Brit. slang), nerve, daring, guts (informal), pluck, grit, bravery, fortitude, vigour, boldness, gallantry, ardour, valour, spunk (informal), indomitability, hardihood, gameness It's the first real test of his mettle this season.

2. character, quality, nature, make-up, stamp, temper, kidney, temperament, calibre, disposition He is of a different mettle from the others.

Translations

mettle [ˈmetl] N → ánimo m, valor m
to be on one's mettle → estar dispuesto a demostrar su valía
to put sb on his mettle → picar a algn en el amor propio or en el orgullo
to show one's mettle → mostrar lo que uno vale

mettle [ˈmɛt^əl] n → courage m
to be on one's mettle → être prêt(e) à donner le meilleur de soi-même
We have to be on our mettle → Nous devons être prêts à donner le meilleur de nous-mêmes.

mettle

n (= spirit) → Courage f, → Stehvermögen nt; (of horse) → Zähigkeit f; (= temperament) → Feuer nt; a man of mettle → ein Mann von echtem Schrot und Korn; to show one’s mettle → zeigen, was in einem steckt; to test somebody’s mettle, to be a test of somebody’s mettle (thing) → zeigen, was in jdm steckt; (person) → herausfinden, was in jdm steckt; to be on one’s mettle → auf dem Posten sein; to put somebody on his mettle → jdn fordern

mettle [ˈmɛtl] n to be on one's mettle → essere pronto/a a dare il meglio di se stesso/a

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mettle [ˈmɛtl] n to be on one's mettle → essere pronto/a a dare il meglio di se stesso/a