单词 | take it on the chin |
释义 | take it on the chinidiomatic phrase1 US : to be badly damaged or affected by something : to be hit hard by something The company took it on the chin as a symbol of the system in the Sixties. When it was accused of racism, sexism, anti-environmentalism, it reacted defensively, exacerbating the situation. 2 chiefly British : to accept something difficult or unpleasant without complaining … if their comments come with some criticism then ministers—and the advisers on whom they rely—must be big enough to take it on the chin. |
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