English Dictionary

take on the chin

動詞

イギリス英語 慣用表現 他動詞 アメリカ英語

(idiomatic, transitive, UK) To accept without flinching or complaining. / (idiomatic, transitive, US) To be deeply impacted by something.

日本語の意味

（痛手や逆境を）臆することなく受け止める、耐え忍ぶ / 大きな打撃や衝撃によって深く影響を受ける

After the company announced the layoffs, the manager told the team to take on the chin and focus on finding new opportunities.

会社が人員削減を発表した後、マネージャーはチームに動じたり文句を言ったりせずにその打撃を受け入れ、新しい機会を見つけることに集中するように告げた。

意味（1）

(idiomatic, transitive, UK) To accept without flinching or complaining.

Elsewhere in Sweden recently, two underage girls pressed charges when a teenage boy exposed himself to them at a lake. The court decided, despite the victims' testimonies, that the offence was not of a sexual nature and dismissed it. But I'm guessing the girls didn't push for molestation charges because they were censorious prudes who would grow into knowing how to take such behaviour on the chin – they felt genuinely threatened, they took their concerns to court, and they deserved more than being told that they'd misread the situation all along.

意味（2）

(idiomatic, transitive, US) To be deeply impacted by something.

The situation seems to be designed so the taxpayers take it on the chin no matter what. District residents who vote down a budget believing they are voting against any tax raise still receive higher tax bills.

takes on the chin （ present singular third-person ）

taking on the chin （ participle present ）

took on the chin （ past ）

taken on the chin （ participle past ）