take a licking and keep on ticking

English - Turkish

Definition of take a licking and keep on ticking in English Turkish dictionary
take a licking: hezimete uğramak
take a licking: kötek yemek

English - English

Definition of take a licking and keep on ticking in English English dictionary: To be tough; to have endurance, to have the capacity to absorb stress or damage, but still be able to function
But the car amazed him. It kept going. And that too struck him as funny. Takes a licking, keeps on ticking.
take a licking: To suffer a defeat or a beating

take a licking and keep on ticking

Hyphenation

take a lick·ing and keep on tick·ing

teyk ı lîkîng ınd kip ôn tîkîng

/ˈtāk ə ˈləkəɴɢ ənd ˈkēp ˈôn ˈtəkəɴɢ/ /ˈteɪk ə ˈlɪkɪŋ ənd ˈkiːp ˈɔːn ˈtɪkɪŋ/

() Derived from the advertising slogan for Timex wrist-watches.

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