Definition
Describing a horse that is insensitive to the bit and difficult to control; also used to describe a stubborn or crude person.
Etymology
Compound adjective from 'hard' and 'mouthed' (having a mouth). Historically used in equestrian terminology to describe horses whose mouth tissues had become hardened and desensitized from harsh treatment.
Kelly Says
Horse trainers understood something modern neuroscience confirms: repeated harsh contact creates numbness—'hardmouthed' horses couldn't feel gentle commands because their mouths had literally adapted to pain, a tragic example of how abuse changes biology.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
አንድ 口 (and k'ot)
and k'ot
ARالعربية
صوت صعب (sa'ut sa'ib)
sa-oot sa-eeb
BNবাংলা
কঠিন মুখ (kathi-n mukh)
ka-thi-n mukh
CACatalà
dura de boca
doo-rah deh bo-kah
DADansk
hård mundet
haard moo-ndet
DEDeutsch
hartmundig
hart-mün-diɡ
ELΕλληνικά
σκληρός
skle-rohs
ESEspañol
dura de boca
doo-rah deh bo-kah
FAفارسی
سخت زبان (sakht zabān)
sa-kht za-ban
FISuomi
korkea kielinen
kor-kea kee-li-nen
FRFrançais
dur de bouche
dœr də buːʃ
GUGU
કઠોર મુખ (kathoor mukh)
ka-thoor mukh
HAHA
baki mai-mai
ba-ki mai-mai
HEעברית
קשה לשון (kash'a lishon)
ka-sha le-shohn
HIहिन्दी
कठोर-बोलने वाला (kathoor-bolne wala)
kathoor-bol-ne wa-la
HUMagyar
kemény száj
kem-yen száj
IDBahasa Indonesia
keras mulut
ke-ras moo-lut
ITItaliano
dura di bocca
doo-rah dee bo-kah
KKKK
жеңіл сөз
zhen-il soz
KMKM
មានពាក្យក្រហាយ (mean p'aak krahay)
mean p'aak kra-hay
KO한국어
단단한 입 (단단한 입)
dan-dan-han ip
MRMR
कठीण बोलणे (kathiṇ bōḷṇe)
ka-thi-n bo-l-ne
MSBahasa Melayu
keras mulut
ke-ras moo-lut
MYမြန်မာ
ကြပ်ကပ် (kyat ka)
kyat ka
NLNederlands
harde mond
har-deh mond
NONorsk
hardmunnet
hard-moo-net
PAPA
Hardness test
Hardness test
PLPolski
twardy
tvahr-dee
PTPortuguês
dura de boca
doo-rah deh bo-kah
RORomână
cu gura tare
koo goo-rah tah-reh
RUРусский
жесткоязыкий
zhestko-yazy-kiy
SVSvenska
hårtmunnad
hahrt-moo-nad
SWKiswahili
mdomo mgumu
m-do-mo m-goo-mu
TAதமிழ்
தடித்த வாய் (taditha vai)
ta-dith-va-i
TEతెలుగు
గట్టిగా మాట్లాడే (gattigā māṭlāḍē)
gat-ti-ga ma-at-la-a-de
THไทย
ปากแข็ง (pak kaeng)
pak kaeng
TLTL
matigas na bibig
ma-tee-gas na bi-big
TRTürkçe
sert sözlü
sert soh-loo
UKУкраїнська
твердомовний
tver-do-mov-niy
URاردو
قوتِ زبان (qawti zaban)
qaw-ti za-ban
VITiếng Việt
khô cứng
kho-kưng
ZH中文
嘴硬 (zuǐ yìng)
tswai ing
ZUZU
umzimba omkhulu
ooom-zim-ba oom-khu-loo