As headstrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- This describes someone as stubborn and hard to control using a weird comparison.
- In plain terms
- You are very stubborn and hard to stop.
- What can you take from it?
- Stubbornness makes people difficult to manage.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you deal with stubborn people?
Another view
The metaphor involving allegory and the Nile is obscure.
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