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thick skin
Idioms and Phrases
Insensitivity to criticism or insult, as in You can tell him exactly what you think of his new piece; unlike most composers he has a thick skin . This term transfers an impervious outer coating to mental or emotional toughness. [Mid-1500s]Example Sentences
A thick skin is a must for our top politicians.
Sozen said she had been acting for 25 years and had already developed a thick skin before being subjected to bullying on the internet.
Despite being a pro, she admits to feeling "anxious" about how the series goes down, but says she has "thick skin" which should help with any negativity.
The allegations were "not nice to hear, but we've got relatively thick skin", he said.
“You learn to develop a thick skin, especially coming from where we come from,†Jorge Jr said.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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