亚洲网紅露点

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take it on the chin



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Idioms and Phrases

Suffer adversity or defeat, as in Paul really took it on the chin today when he got fired for missing a deadline . This idiom alludes to taking a physical blow on the chin. [First half of 1900s]
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Let's see whether it turns out okay for him and Disney even though the news department takes it on the chin!

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So you鈥檙e gonna fail at some point and you just have to take it on the chin and find a way to just get better.鈥

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"There's nothing that can be done and we just have to take it on the chin."

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"In the face of hurricane shocks, agricultural production in southern states like Florida will take it on the chin," he said.

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"We just had to take it on the chin and get on with it."

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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