thick skin

collocation in English

meaningsofthickandskin

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thick
adjective
uk
/θɪk/us
/θɪk/
having a large distance between ...
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skin
noun
uk
/skɪn/us
/skɪn/
the natural outer layer that covers a person, animal, ...
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(Definition ofthickandskinfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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That was perfectly all right by me, because the dinosaur has athickskin, and has been around for 3 million years.
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But you will not get the slacker and lazy fellow with athickskin.
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Like the rest of us, he has athickskinand is not unduly worried by criticism.
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To speak at this time of night one needs athickskinand a rapid delivery.
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He saw thethickskinform on the top of the paint and realised that it could be put to a useful purpose.
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Members have to develop athickskinand accept the disruption that comes with demonstrations.
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I have a verythickskin.
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One learns to grow athickskin.
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Coins that have not been cleaned generally show an original patina manifested with various golden, orange colors and athickskin.
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The verythickskinis covered by well-calcified dermal denticles.
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Hee-dong suggested buying rice or asking for some rice from the tour guide, but said that he hadthickskin.
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Thethickskinis covered by dermal denticles, which have arrowhead-shaped crowns with a central ridge and three posterior teeth.
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It has athickskinand hence keeping quality of mature fruits are better compared to others.
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She has athickskinand always bounces back from rejection.
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The individual fruit are large, generally round, and have somewhatthickskinthat does not release sap when cooked.
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They are also protected by having verythickskinand double-layered skulls.
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The scent reminds some of the durian but is not so intense, and is in thethickskinand not the fruit pulp.
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The grape'sthickskinprovides good resistance to downy mildew which can attack the grape late in the harvest season.
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It relies on itsthickskinfor protection, and digs into burrows with its long, clawed forefeet.
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Keratohyalin is associated with eleidin, the intermediate between keratohyalin and keratin; histological location is in the stratum lucidum,thickskin.
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