Quick usage query

[janedavitt]

Is the saying 'as hard as bell metal' something an American would be familiar with/use?

Thanks!

ETA Wow, you're all fast! Thanks. Looks like it's a Brit-term that didn't cross the pond, so I won't use it in the novel.

Comments

[sara_merry99]

It's not familiar to *me*...I'll be interested to see what other folks say though, it might be regional.

[janedavitt]

Guess it's a Brit-saying then; I won't use it; thanks!

[dragovianknight]

Not this American (Southwesterner, here).

[janedavitt]

Good enough; thank you!

[wesleysgirl]

Nope, not familiar with it here in New England, either.

[janedavitt]

Definitely a Britism. Funny how some expressions travel and others don't...thanks!

[doyle]

I wonder if it might be a regionalism? I've lived in the UK my whole life and I've never heard that expression...

[janedavitt]

Really? Wow, maybe it is...I've heard/used it all my life.

Okay, definitely hadn't better put it in any book, ever ::g::

Here's someone using it on a UK forum, if you scroll down a bit

http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090322105957AAkT9rl

[samjohnsson]

Late to the party, but I've not heard it in Vermont, New Jersey, nor Texas dialects. I can extract a meaning, I guess, but...

[janedavitt]

Thanks for the confirmation!