mettle

n.

1. Courage and fortitude; spirit: troops who showed their mettle in combat.
2. Inherent quality of character and temperament.

idiom:

on (one's) mettle

1. Prepared to accept a challenge and do one's best.

[Variant of METAL.]

noun

The quality of mind enabling one to face danger or hardship resolutely: braveness, bravery, courage, courageousness, dauntlessness, doughtiness, fearlessness, fortitude, gallantry, gameness, heart, intrepidity, intrepidness, nerve, pluck, pluckiness, spirit, stoutheartedness, undauntedness, valiance, valiancy, valiantness, valor. Informal spunk, spunkiness. Slang gut (used in plural), gutsiness, moxie. See fear/courage.

n

Definition: boldness, strength of character
Antonyms: weakness

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IN BRIEF: Quality of endurance or courage.

It takes a lot of mettle to run in the Boston Marathon.

Tutor's tip: Don't "meddle" (to interfere) with him for he has a "mettle" (inherent character) of "metal" (opaque conductive substances such as iron, gold and silver) and was awarded a "medal" (decoration or award) for bravery.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - temperament

idioms:

• on one's mettle    på toppen, i bedste form

Nederlands (Dutch)
temperament, moed, uithoudingsvermogen

Français (French)
n. - courage, ardeur

idioms:

• on one's mettle    (faire) de son mieux

Deutsch (German)
n. - Mut, Wesensart

idioms:

• on one's mettle    bereit, sein möglichstes zu tun

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - θάρρος, ευψυχία, καρτερία, τσαγανό

idioms:

• on one's mettle    στο φιλότιμο (για να βάλει τα δυνατά του)

Italiano (Italian)
carattere

idioms:

• on one's mettle    (impegnarsi) a fondo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - índole (f)

idioms:

• on one's mettle    dar o melhor de si

Русский (Russian)
характер, храбрость

idioms:

• on one's mettle    стараться сделать все возможное

Español (Spanish)
n. - temple, ánimo, valor

idioms:

• on one's mettle    estar dispuesto a mostrar su valor, dar lo mejor de sí

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - livlighet, kurage, temperament

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
气质, 勇气, 性格

idioms:

• on one's mettle    奋发, 准备尽最大的努力

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 氣質, 勇氣, 性格

idioms:

• on one's mettle    奮發, 準備盡最大的努力

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 성질, 원기

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 気性, 熱情, 元気, 気概

idioms:

• on one's mettle    発奮して

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) عزيمه, همه, شكيمه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אופי, אומץ, עוז-רוח‬

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