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Dictionary quizzes to help you remember the meaning

Dictionary quizzes to help you remember the meaning

when the going gets tough, the tough get going

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Source Word

when the going gets tough, the tough get going

Proverb

In difficult times, it is the strong-willed who take action.

Japanese Meaning

困難な時こそ、強い意志を持つ者が行動に出る / 状況が厳しくなると、しっかりとした意志を持つ人が積極的に対応する

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Google Translation / DeepL Translation

困難な時には、意志の強い人が行動を起こす。

Sense（1）

In difficult times, it is the strong-willed who take action.

when the going gets tough

（ canonical ）

the tough get going

（ canonical ）

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