stubborn as a mule
Won't budge whatsoever
Stubborn as a mule describes someone who refuses to change their mind or yield to pressure.
Mules have a reputation for balking and refusing to move when they don't want to: He won't apologize—stubborn as a mule.
The comparison suggests obstinacy that's frustrating to deal with but perhaps also a certain toughness.
- pig-headedUnreasonably refusing change
- mulishStubbornly refusing to yield
- bullheadedStubbornly refusing to yield
- bull in a china shopClumsy person causing damage
- hard-nosedStubbornly realistic, unsentimental
won't budge · ornery · tenacious · cantankerous · adamant · dogged · unbending · burro · intransigent · donkeyish · iron-willed · hard as nails · folk wisdom · self-willed · persistent · dig in · headstrong · recalcitrant
- stubbornnesspigheadedness, bullheadedness, mulishness, hardheadedness, willfulness
- Animal Idiomsblind as a bat, brave as a lion, busy bee, copycat, dark horse
- farm idiomsmake hay while the sun shines, cream of the crop, put the cart before the horse, till the cows come home, buy the farm
- folk sayingsproverb, adage, maxim, folk saying, old saying
stubborn as a muleyielding
Bending under pressure
pliable · malleable · tractable · persuadable · compliant
stubborn as a mulecooperative
Jointly operated enterprise
accommodating · agreeable · easy-going · obliging · easygoing
stubborn, mule, obstinate, stubbornness, stubbornly, obstinacy, intractable, obstinately