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Terms for subject Figurative containing жёстко | all forms | exact matches only
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втискивать в жёсткие рамкиimmure ("Agnes … is a suburban lifer, a mousy, resigned little woman whose life is immured by her home, her family, and her church." – Jonathan Richards, The Santa Fe New Mexican, 7 Sept. 2018 george serebryakov)
жёсткий шагrigorous step (Ремедиос_П)
жёстко ограничиватьimmure (george serebryakov)
играть жёсткоplay hardball (Hardball is another name for American baseball, as opposed to softball which is played with a larger, softer ball. The term seems to have been first used in a figurative sense by the American newspaper columnist Robert Ruark in 1949 and became popular during the 1970s Taras)