词汇 | have a thick skin |
释义 | Idiom have a thick skin(have) a thick skin able to ignore personal criticism.People will tell you they don't like your clothes or your voice or the color of your eyes, so you need to have a thick skin to survive.During the two years he was the spokesperson for the police, he developed a very thick skin. have a thick skin1. To have the ability to ignore verbal attacks or criticism from others. If you're going to pursue a career in politics, you need to have a thick skin so that the criticism of your detractors doesn't bother you. 2. To be unaware of or indifferent to other people's needs or interests. Ethel has a thick skin, so I'm not surprised she didn't see how unhappy you were. have a thick (or thin) skinbe insensitive (or oversensitive) to criticism or insults.have a thick skin1. To be slow to take offense. 2. To be insensitive to the needs or concerns of others. thick skin, to have aTo be insensitive to shame, reproof, slander, or criticism. The transfer of a tough epidermis to mental toughness is ancient, appearing in the writings of the Roman orator Cicero, among others. Carlyle wrote in Frederick the Great (1858), “Voltaire was a fool not to have thicker skin.” The opposite is meant by having a thin skin—that is, being hypersensitive to reproof or criticism, or being easily hurt. This usage dates from the late 1600s. |
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