what someone is made of

English

Pronunciation

"show what one is made of":

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Noun

what someone is made of (uncountable)

1. One's personal qualities that project strength, power, courage, or stamina.

   You don't have to take it lying down. Show him what you are made of!

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: mistä (joku) on tehty
• French: de quel bois quelqu’un se chauffe
• German: was in dir steckt
• Hungarian: milyen fából faragták
• Italian: di che pasta sei fatto
• Portuguese: do que alguém é feito

translations to be checked and moved into the preceding table without the verb, if possible: to "show what (some)one is made of

• Finnish: näyttää mihin pystyy; näyttää, onko jossakussa ainesta; näyttää, mihin jostakusta on
• Polish: pokazywać na co kogoś stać impf, pokazać na co kogoś stać pf
• Russian: покажи из чего сделан (pokaži iz čevo sdelan)

Further reading

• “what someone is made of”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “what someone is made of” (US) / “what someone is made of” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.