Charles is a dyed-in-the-wool Republican.
Farmer Jones was a dyed-in-the-wool traditionalist; he would never use any modern pesticides.
He's a dyed-in-the-wool traditionalist about cooking — he won't have any modern gadgets in the kitchen.
Condoleezza Rice was a dyed-in-the-wool realist who had famously observed that the 82nd Airborne's job description did not include escorting kids to school.
