Tuffis nails

n.

Heard in Tipperary

Extremely tough and hardy, possessed of great physical resilience.

In use

Hows de mudder jimmy after de knockout, not bad atall nicky, not bad atall, shur she's as tuffis nails.

Posh English

How is your mother, James, after the knockout? Not bad at all, Nicholas; she is as tough as ironmongery.