English · Idiom Candidate

dyed in the wool

Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

Completely and permanently committed to a particular belief or ideology

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

hoàn toàn và vĩnh viễn cam kết với một niềm tin hoặc ý thức hệ nhất định

Machine-translated — suggest a fix

Literally: wool that has been dyed before being spun into yarn

Where it’s used: Used Widespread English

Examples

At one time she might have considered Vitor to be a dyed - in - the - wool monster, but she was gradually reassessing her opinion.

Your little kosher friend here is a dyed - in - the - wool homophobe.

British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)

Sources & notes

Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-07-30; pending editor spot-check.

Common questions

What does “dyed in the wool” mean?

Completely and permanently committed to a particular belief or ideology Literally: wool that has been dyed before being spun into yarn

Is “dyed in the wool” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.