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have a thick skin in American English or have a thin skin to be insensitive (or acutely sensitive) to blame, criticism, insults, etc. See full dictionary entry for skin Examples of 'have a thick skin' in a sentencehave a thick skin You have to have a thick skin or you'd be weeping all the time.It helps to have a thick skin and a sense of humour.A mediator also needs to have a thick skin.You have to be able to perform and have a thick skin.He must have a thick skin now.He claims to have a thick skin, though you have to wonder.You have to have a thick skin if people post nasty things, but 98 per cent of my feed is very positive.Best to have a thick skin and keep your trembling sensitivity for your responsiveness to your art.It asks two totally opposing things of you: to be vulnerable and expose yourself, and yet to have a thick skin and be really tough. |