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：2025/11/23
take a licking and keep on ticking
Verb
idiomatic
Japanese Meaning
困難や打撃を受けても耐え、なお正常に機能し続けること。 / ダメージやストレスを吸収してもなお、持続的に動作する能力があること。 / さまざまな困難に晒されながらも、依然として耐久性と機能性を保持する性質。
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(idiomatic) To be tough; to have endurance; to have the capacity to absorb stress or damage, but still be able to function.
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After surviving three hurricanes, the wooden pier seems to take a licking and keep on ticking.
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After surviving three hurricanes, the wooden pier seems to take a licking and keep on ticking.
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