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made of sterner stuff (not comparable)

1. (idiomatic) strong and determined (especially more so than someone else, to whom one is being compared).
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene ii]:
   • 1933, Barnaby Ross, Drury Lane's Last Case, March 1946 republication as by Ellery Queen, Little, Brown, page 45:
     […] sign hung from the bronze knob, and it stated without equivocation that the Britannic Museum was "closed for repairs."
     But the Inspector was made of stern stuff. He closed his right hand and with the resulting fist pounded formidably on the bronze.
     […] out popped the gargoylish head of a bulb-nosed old man.
     "Hey!" snapped this apparition. "Can't you read English?"
     "One side, brother," said the Inspector cheerfully. "We're in a hurry."
     The doorman did not budge […]

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