solid as rock
Example Sentences
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He made a mere air seem solid as rock.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 54, April, 1862 by Various
The walls at the end of the passage were as solid as rock, and they responded dully to the stroke of the hammer.
From The House of a Thousand Candles by Nicholson, Meredith
It was as solid as rock in place––just as if the whole mountain had slipped!”
From The Plunderer by Duer, Douglas
Many live happily here, although the ice is still solid as rock, and more snow fell in the night, and there are no garden and no Taunus here.
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 10 Prince Otto Von Bismarck, Count Helmuth Von Moltke, Ferdinand Lassalle by Francke, Kuno
The frozen lake, on which the ice was three feet thick and solid as rock, was like a vast, smooth bed, covered with a white counterpane.
From The Ruling Passion; tales of nature and human nature by Van Dyke, Henry
