English Dictionary

take one's lumps

動詞

慣用表現 比喩的用法

(idiomatic) To receive physical abuse and to survive. / (figuratively) To endure through criticism or other adversity.

日本語の意味

（慣用句）肉体的なダメージや打撃を受け、それを乗り越えること。 / （比喩的に）批判やその他の困難・逆境に耐え抜くこと。

To take one's lumps is often the only way some victims survive violent attacks.

暴力を受けて生き延びることは、暴行に遭った一部の被害者が切り抜ける唯一の方法であることが多い。

意味（1）

(idiomatic) To receive physical abuse and to survive.

When frustrated tacklers finally do catch up with him, Arnett knows how to take his lumps. If I hit the ground tensely, rigidly, and two tons of angry linemen landed on top of me, they'd break every bone in my body.

意味（2）

(figuratively) To endure through criticism or other adversity.

As is the case with so many outspoken civil libertarians, Chafee took his lumps. He was strongly criticized by several Harvard Law School graduates.

taking one's lumps （ present singular third-person ）

took one's lumps （ participle present ）

taken one's lumps （ participle past ）

taken one's lumps （ past ）