"steady as a rock" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-steady as a rock.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} steady as a rock (not comparable)
  1. (simile) Extremely stable physically. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-steady_as_a_rock-en-adj-ofsoC8uA Categories (other): English similes
  2. (simile) Extremely reliable. Tags: not-comparable Translations (extremely reliable): það er enginn bilbugur á (Icelandic)
    Sense id: en-steady_as_a_rock-en-adj-ieLAMCJe Categories (other): English similes, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of 'extremely reliable': 22 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: rock-steady

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