hard-ass

You may have a point, Honor-about the reason he's such a hard ass in the first place, anyway.

He just looks like a hard ass.

The only thing the Coconut has in common with this metal rendition of fiction's great Don is a hard ass.

Such phrases also may suggest a person's characteristics, e.g. difficult people are termed "hard asses".

He is known as a hard ass, a real case, but his public image was unblemished.

"I said, kiss his ass any harder, and your lips will become raw."

Most people in town think his father is a hard ass, but Will's much more easygoing.

My role for the President has been to play the bad cop, the hard ass, the guy who says no.

Little did he know what a hard ass she could be.