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English Idiom of the Day:

Bullheaded


bullheaded:

stubborn and unthinking

unwilling to change opinion


Example 1:

“Sarah and I were planning to have a picnic tomorrow, but it’s going to rain. Now I think we should go to a restaurant but she is being bullheaded and still wants to have the picnic!”


Example 2:

The company was losing important employees due to low motivation, but management was too bullheaded to make any policy changes.


Example 3:

“I knew William was making a mistake, but he was too bullheaded to listen to my advice.”



Questions:


Are you bullheaded, or are you open to new opinions?


Can you remember a time you were bullheaded? What happened?


Who is the most bullheaded person you know?

 
 
 

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