| 单词 | thick-skinned |
| 例句 | We were able to make each other burst with giggling when we did imitations of the thick-skinned preacher. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He was regarded as thick-skinned and insensitive—even cruel. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Men who have been up as often as we have become thick-skinned. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I dressed for an Arctic exploration — I’m not as thick-skinned as a manatee — and walked over to the dive shop to meet the captain. In Florida, should the manatees swim alone? 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z Ms. Bloomfield said she realized early on that to survive in this new job, she needed an old kitchen skill: the ability to appear tough, harsh and thick-skinned. April Bloomfield Breaks Her Silence About Harassment at Her Restaurants 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z You have to be thick-skinned in my role because the BBC is criticised a lot. Top 10 tips for being a TV boss 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z I don't think his parting shot sounds very thick-skinned at all. Niall Ferguson: 'The left love being provoked by me ... they think I'm a reactionary imperialist scumbag 2011-04-11T06:59:01Z Use social media, if you’re thick-skinned enough, to rally others to apply pressure as well. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: A preteen who doesn’t like hugs and a grandma who keeps begging for them 2021-08-22T04:00:00Z Mr. Petersen’s act was so scurrilous that it once proved too much for a historically thick-skinned crowd. Otto Petersen, the Voice of Vulgarity, Dies at 53 2014-04-16T01:12:14Z Then “Glassworks” pivots to Edward’s daughter, Novak, a “thick-skinned, self-sustaining” window washer. A Sweeping Family Saga of Breaking and Mending 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z To make it as an actor it’s best to be thick-skinned and accept that not everything will go your way. Hugh Bonneville: ‘I’m raging against the dying of the light by buying a convertible’ 2017-11-04T04:00:00Z Like Merlot, Pickett is thick-skinned, more so than we give him credit for. You had me at Merlot: I forgive you Rex Pickett 2018-07-08T04:00:00Z What became clear was that these women are unusually thick-skinned. Women, Power and Politics: script for a revolution 2010-06-08T21:00:00Z "The best keepers are the more tart and thick-skinned varieties, such as McIntosh, Fuji, Rome, and Granny Smith. The apple varieties harvested late in the season tend to be good keepers," reports Gardener's Supply Company. The surefire way to store apples for months 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z Online, she is quick, sassy and, most of all, unflappable and relentlessly thick-skinned. Perspective | For Stormy Daniels, swatting away Twitter trolls is a work of art 2018-03-10T05:00:00Z Mellivora capensis — better known as the honey badger — is a thick-skinned and sharp-toothed little creature that in 2011 became a YouTube sensation thanks to a short video called “The Crazy Nastyass Honey Badger.” How Steve Bannon and Donald Trump Rode the Honey Badger Into the White House 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z Other South Africans, both black and white, have taken the view that, as a public figure, Zuma should be thick-skinned when it comes to satire. Jacob Zuma goes to court over painting depicting his genitals 2012-05-21T14:42:29Z “The thick-skinned people… understand that I’m working as hard as them.” After Scott Rudin bullying exposé, there are mostly crickets 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z Seen this way, the sensitive student and the thick-skinned invulnerabilist start to look strangely similar. Snowflake or tough cookie, you’re just hiding from pain | Oliver Burkeman 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z In Syria, where he’s from, he tells me it’s the go-to and insists that with a thick-skinned and well-ripened pomegranate, it works every time. The viral pomegranate cutting hack we’ve been waiting for 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z But unlike Daniels, Trump, on Twitter, is the opposite of thick-skinned and unflappable. Perspective | For Stormy Daniels, swatting away Twitter trolls is a work of art 2018-03-10T05:00:00Z When director David Gordon Green wanted to fill the role of a thick-skinned political consultant in Bolivia, he went with Sandra Bullock. Hollywood’s gender-swapping problem: It looks like progress for actresses — but women of color are still mostly shut out 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z I’m sorry to say, though, there’s no pole long enough for touching the alternate-spelling-is-trashy idea, a criticism that’s radioactive to all but the most thick-skinned friends. Carolyn Hax: How to respond to couple who want your view on possible name for baby The thick-skinned film-maker will discuss his work at this preview showing. This week's new film events 2010-07-16T23:05:00Z I'm not thick-skinned at all, which is why I don't do very many of them. Rachel Whiteread: 'I'm not a joiner-in' 2012-06-12T17:00:01Z When I was younger, I was very thick-skinned – my skin is actually getting thinner as I get older. Lenny Henry, comedian and actor – portrait of the artist 2013-06-04T15:59:12Z The store wins, though its thick-skinned southern imports don’t get high points for flavor. In winter, coaxing the Belgian endive 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z For all of her thick-skinned swagger, Tucker, 60, has legitimate claim to renown. Tanya Tucker Would Rather Be Celebrated While She’s Alive 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z Kangaroo censorship and book-burning is a bullying tactic frequently used by India's political parties, strangely thick-skinned about all else but cultural criticism. India must move beyond book-burning 2010-10-21T14:10:00Z Pileggi once noted that they were both "thick-skinned enough to swap some very blunt criticism without fomenting marital strife". Nicholas Pileggi: the mob, Nora Epron's death and Vegas 2013-02-03T07:02:31Z I don't think he is thick-skinned at all. Niall Ferguson: 'The left love being provoked by me ... they think I'm a reactionary imperialist scumbag 2011-04-11T06:59:01Z But the waxed, thick-skinned cucumbers often found in supermarkets are best peeled and seeded. On the hottest days, make this cooling cucumber dinner 2023-08-20T04:00:00Z Natalie, who had treatment for thyroid cancer, says she learnt how to be thick-skinned but it still ruined her experience of dating. Dating with cancer: ‘It was the first thing people noticed' 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z Case is the embittered, thick-skinned trauma survivor to Bob’s straight-laced, God-fearing lawman. Review: The hack-noir of 'God Is a Bullet' is one long slog 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z Fulks said he’s learned to be unapologetic and thick-skinned about forging narrow majorities. Warnock’s campaign chief sees lessons from Dems in Georgia 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z Some filmmakers I talk to appear so incredibly thick-skinned in comparison to me. 'Skinamarink': Inside the 'polarizing' $15,000 horror movie that became a viral hit 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z "It hurts, I won't deny it. But we have gotten used to the wound. Our skin is used to it. We've become thick-skinned." 'There is no future': Lebanon's new poor face long-term stagnation 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z “We’re thick-skinned and he makes us resilient. But at some point, when will it end?” Before Hurricane Ian, Florida’s Southwest Coast Was a Place to Escape the Chaos 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z “I was thick-skinned on the outside, but it destroyed me within. … My flesh was trembling and began to throb,” he said. Bolsonaro campaign to evangelicals: Brazil’s soul at stake 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z The film’s commitment to this kind of interiority instills it with a humanity that might otherwise be subsumed by the more thick-skinned critique of the many lost souls we see onscreen. Review: Regina Hall and Sterling K. Brown get satirical, and serious, in 'Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.' 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z There are two styles of thrust fault deformation: thin-skinned faults that occur in superficial rocks lying on top of the continental plate and thick-skinned faults that reach deeper into the crust. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Musk was indifferent, emailing workers who experienced abuse that “it is important to be thick-skinned.” Opinion | When Elon Musk Dreams, His Employees Have Nightmares 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z “I hate to say it, because I try to be thick-skinned,” Ashlock told The Post, “but it was hurtful.” A restaurant manager flew a Ukrainian flag. Hateful messages followed. 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z “Sometimes these things happen unintentionally, in which case you should apologize. In fairness, if someone is a jerk to you, but sincerely apologizes, it is important to be thick-skinned and accept that apology.” Tesla expecting racism complaint by California civil rights watchdog 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z “I’m thick,” Williams said, possibly referring to being thick-skinned. A Shocking Exit and a Sad Day for Tennis 2021-05-31T04:00:00Z The Laramide Orogeny, a thick-skinned type of deformation, occurred near the end of and slightly after the Sevier Orogeny in the same region. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z Speaking to the Wall Street Journal in 2005, he described the environment has "hard-scrabble", adding: "The thin-skinned guys don't like it. The thick-skinned people... understand that I'm working as hard as them." Moulin Rouge! star quits stage show over Scott Rudin allegations 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z As an artist, I must be thick-skinned, and with the stamina to repeatedly get back up after getting knocked down, yet vulnerable and open to tell the truth in my work. 40 Black playwrights on the theater industry’s insidious racism 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z Dr. Kavita Patel, an adult medicine physician and health policy expert who served in the Obama White House, said scientists who advise any president have to be thick-skinned. Doctors struggle to stay true to science but not cross Trump 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z For more than four decades, she was a skilled, brash and thick-skinned trailblazer for women competing in the ultra-fast sport. Shirley Muldowney, a fighter for life, left her drag-racing competitors in the dust 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z The wine is light-bodied and acidic owing to the lack of tannins in the thick-skinned gamay grape, one of the four main varieties grown in Burgundy, and is, unusually, fermented for only a few weeks. Georges Duboeuf, France's 'king of Beaujolais', dies aged 86 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z Earlier, Drollinger had compared Trump to Samson, for his thick-skinned perseverance, and to the ox in Proverbs 14:4, which produces “abundant harvests” along with what he called “a big stink.” How the Trump Cabinet’s Bible Teacher Became a Shadow Diplomat 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z There are passages in the book that are difficult to read even for a relatively thick-skinned grown-up, horrible not in the gory or spooky sense, but as violations of wholeness and identity. HBO's excellent 'His Dark Materials' finally gets 'The Golden Compass' right 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z Langer did add, though, that Smith and Warner were thick-skinned and were prepared for hostile receptions. Morgan content to let fans yell what they want at Aussies 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z “There are people who strike us as very solid and well organized; they keep everything in its place. They are well defended. They seem rigid, even armored; we sometimes speak of them as ‘thick-skinned.’ Where Are Your Boundaries? 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z Embattled people, defining their enemies broadly and their potential allies narrowly, may well fall short when called upon to be both thick-skinned and open-hearted. The missing ingredient in today’s debates? Generosity | Gary Younge 2019-05-11T04:00:00Z Actual Needs: A thick-skinned intern to run Antonio Brown's burner accounts. NFL Draft 2019: Your team's *actual* NFL Draft needs - Golf Digest 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z “I’m pretty thick-skinned,” Moos said in an interview with The Associated Press. Bill Moos riding high at Nebraska in wake of big-time hires 2019-04-07T04:00:00Z “It was devastating. It hurt, it always hurt, it still hurts. I never got so thick-skinned that when people assume my motives are evil it doesn’t hurt me.” Trapped in a hoax: survivors of conspiracy theories speak out 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z Also, I thought it was the liberal snowflakes who were supposed to take offense at everything, not thick-skinned conservatives. President Pence? That vision should terrify women | Arwa Mahdawi 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z At the same time, he wrote, “if someone is a jerk to you, but sincerely apologizes, it is important to be thick-skinned and accept that apology.” Menial Tasks, Slurs and Swastikas: Many Black Workers at Tesla Say They Faced Racism 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z He also said, “if someone is a jerk to you, but sincerely apologizes, it is important to be thick-skinned and accept that apology.” Black Tesla factory workers describe racism and discrimination, NYT reports 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z And whale sharks may be the most thick-skinned critters on the planet, with hides nearly 10 inches thick in places. Watch a diver perform the first undersea ultrasound on the world’s biggest shark 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z I wanted to ask the liberal columnist: how would your thick-skinned 19-year-old daughter deal with that? How to be a good man: what I learned from a month reading the feminist classics 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z That is why historic preservation judges need to be knowledgeable, critically thinking and thick-skinned. Historic preservation a complicated force in urban development 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z Favas generally need to be shucked twice — once to remove the thick-skinned pod, plus a second peeling to remove the tough outer skin around each bean. Stew, pasta, salad and more great recipes featuring fava beans, now in season 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z After years of dealing with misogynist insults, by contrast, she appears so cheerfully thick-skinned as almost to be operating on a higher plane. Why Stormy Daniels is so dangerous 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z They will be "thick-skinned" and have a "stiff upper lip". Harassment at the House of Commons 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z “I’m thick-skinned so it will only fuel the fire. Can’t wait for this year!” Stroman angry at Blue Jays over negativity in arbitration 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z Darker, thick-skinned, orange sweet potatoes are sweeter, with a tender interior that holds together after cooking. Pies, pancakes, bread pudding and more great recipes for sweet potatoes, now in season 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z I’m quite thick-skinned, but I don’t get that much negativity from Instagram. ‘I view the hurtful messages as sadism’ – what it's like to be Instagram famous 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z For the most stubborn old bulls, Mr. Ashcraft had a pistol loaded with cartridges of rat-shot: small pellets that can kill a rat or snake, but only sting a thick-skinned animal like a cow. A Flying Cowboy Rides to Rescue Cattle Stranded in Harvey’s Floods 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z Unlike thick-skinned, cured potatoes, new potatoes are known for a papery-thin skin that rubs off easily, and their flavor is more delicate and creamy than the larger, cured root vegetables. New potatoes are in season. We have recipes 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z Fortunately, the grape varieties grown in Washington — especially thick-skinned cabernet sauvignon — are perfect for mechanization. Picking wine grapes by machine means better efficiency with no loss in quality 2017-04-28T04:00:00Z Ms. Donnelly, thick-skinned after covering this town for decades, fired back with self-effacing wit: “Crude, fat and obnoxious I can’t argue with,” she wrote in her column. The Society Columnist With a Front-Row Seat at Mar-a-Lago 2017-04-16T04:00:00Z In a 2005 self-portrait, she depicted herself as a thick-skinned human pachyderm. Why Dana Schutz Painted Emmett Till 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z Fava beans need to be shucked to remove the thick-skinned pod and often require a second peeling to remove the tough outer skin around each bean. Fava beans are in season. We have recipes 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z “Look what he’s been through. How would he feel? He would have been thick-skinned — no emotions can override him.” Dev Patel and the real familial investigator at the heart of 'Lion' 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z Darker, thick-skinned orange sweet potatoes are sweeter, with a moist interior that holds together after cooking. Farmers market report: Sweet potatoes are in season. We have recipes 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z Which in a room filled with journalists — let's be honest: we're not the thick-skinned sort — was really going to the "too-mean" one. Did #WHCD roaster Larry Wilmore run into the Oscar-host paradox? 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z Mr. Tusk, in comments directed at Mr. Erdogan, said, “My idea on this is that I learned and accepted to be thick-skinned as a politician.” Turkey’s Crackdown on Critics of Erdogan Snares Dutch Journalist 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z Allies of both campaigns expected a tough night in New York: This was, after all, Brooklyn, were caustic tabloids and thick-skinned politicians rule. How the Brooklyn Debate Showed Democratic Dysfunction 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z The thick-skinned, one-horned Indian rhinoceros is one of five species in the world. British royals Will and Kate tour rhino sanctuary in India 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z Fava beans need to be shucked to remove the thick-skinned pod and frequently require a second peeling to remove the tough outer skin around each bean. Farmers market report: Fava beans are in season. Here are 9 recipes 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z Slowly, sinister shapes approach from all directions: shambling pink humanoids, thick-skinned giants, a building-sized behemoth seen in the distance. The Brookhaven Experiment is your endless, inevitable virtual reality death 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z And Reese and Wernick create the best possible context: a world where all the significant players are equally flippant, and equally thick-skinned. Deadpool: no rules, no consequences, lots of dick jokes 2016-02-07T05:00:00Z Sometimes, you have to be a bit thick-skinned about it all and I learned that lesson, sometimes literally, in school. 'Coming out will not change my life' 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z About the only type of bean that needs to be treated differently is the flat, thick-skinned bean usually called Romano. Buy this now: Beans, with 12 recipes 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z “That’s one of the things that makes his antisocial behavior, his rudeness, so unconscionable. I can understand why people who are thick-skinned and unfeeling can be rude, but not sensitive people.” The Bad Behavior of Visionary Leaders 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z On this evidence, and given the events at Oldham this week, it would be appear only a brave, desperate or particularly thick-skinned club would now pursue a deal for the 26-year-old. How much damage has Evans saga done? 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z Once your characters build up some skills, the battles are usually over in short order - but defeating one of those thick-skinned dragons requires the ability to switch quickly among your four fighters. Review: Epic ‘Dragon Age’ blazes new trails 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z But perhaps they have taken note of how the most thick-skinned of low-cost airlines—such as Spirit Airlines and Ryanair—are constantly cursed by customers and media commentators, and yet are highly successful. Uber-competitive 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z A big, important company has to be thick-skinned when attacked by journalists or anyone else. Uber’s Latest Scandal and Silicon Valley’s Grown-Up Problem 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z It was a sight as emotionally wrenching for thick-skinned journalists inured to the world's injustices as it was for the Germans. A world-altering moment, however fleeting, at the Berlin Wall 2014-11-09T05:00:00Z He knew Kenny as a thick-skinned pro with a robust sense of humour. Chris Kenny: ‘I’ll be remembered as the journalist called a dog f**ker who stood up for his rights’ 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z But any candidate running for office should be prepared for these kinds of attacks and be thick-skinned enough to handle them, he stressed. GOP: Hillary Clinton’s Health and Age Is ‘Fair Game’ 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z “If you’re not thick-skinned, this isn’t the place for you,” Combs said. True to Kentucky, a Fan Base Wields Its Own Megaphone 2014-04-03T01:43:37Z With numerous horse, deer and bison around, we might predict that people rarely hunted these giant, formidable, thick-skinned animals. The remarkable life appearance of the Woolly rhino 2013-11-09T20:45:00.523Z But not all boxers - however big and ugly - are so thick-skinned. Olympian Joshua must learn from Harrison's mistakes 2013-10-03T06:33:18Z I’m tired of you people,’ ” laughs Jeanne Hill, a thick-skinned Steward nurse. Private Equity's Hospitals: A Business Model for the Obamacare Era? 2013-08-29T10:00:55Z He will be the pantomime villain and will have to be thick-skinned enough to deal with all the verbal taunting. Warner could be worth the risk - Stewart 2013-07-03T05:37:11Z It is not easy replacing someone who can accurately be described as a legend – one of the most over-used words in sport – and Moyes is going to have to be thick-skinned. For David Moyes to run the show Sir Alex Ferguson must resist meddling 2013-05-11T21:01:02Z Westboro’s apparently thick-skinned representatives almost seem to be baiting the wide community of web-savvy Internet users, a constituency that sees some overlap between a subversive network like Anonymous and discussion forums like Reddit. Anonymous Targets Westboro Baptist (Again) Over Threat To Picket Newtown 2012-12-17T06:31:07Z “You need someone who’s pretty thick-skinned” to move the SEC forward, says Barbara Roper, director of investor protection at the Consumer Federation of America. Can Schapiro's Successor Get a Grip on the SEC? 2012-11-26T19:52:41Z You'd better be thick-skinned, and I think playing quarterback helps with that,'' he said. Former Husky Huard keeps on movin' on up 2012-08-04T04:48:05Z They are also not as thick-skinned as they might sometimes seem, acutely aware through their own media of the negative way in which they are being viewed by many Greeks. Eurozone crisis leaves Germany feeling bullied and misunderstood 2012-06-22T14:44:18Z When you go into politics you've got to learn to be fairly thick-skinned. Warsi: I need to be thick-skinned 2012-05-28T09:49:44Z If you receive it in your CSA basket and you’ve never worked with it before, you may find the thick-skinned vegetable puzzling, maybe even daunting. Recipes for Health: Kohlrabi Risotto 2012-03-05T17:53:47Z I just got thick-skinned and let it harden me. Boxing classes help bullied teens build self-esteem 2012-01-30T20:50:04Z "You can't make a thick-skinned creature like George feel anything," she answered. A Drake by George! 2012-01-09T03:00:22.163Z And though the guacamole component in a side of pork belly guacamole was velvety smooth and delightfully spicy, the chewy, thick-skinned nuggets of fatty meat were an unwelcome distraction. | South Norwalk: Red Lulu Cocina in South Norwalk ? Review 2012-01-07T00:31:23Z But the Indians were thick-skinned, and treated such terms with contempt. The Fourth Estate, vol.1 2011-12-25T03:00:10.170Z She was big, with a thick-skinned tube half a yard long, and a ball at the top shaped like a quince; he was tiny and soft, and looked like a baby tadpole. The Sun's Babies 2011-11-21T03:00:12.963Z I know my conduct lays me open to misconception, but I must be thick-skinned over that. Across the Stream 2011-11-05T02:00:11.673Z A ruffian, of course, a thick-skinned ruffian, but what courage! Leaves in the Wind 2011-10-28T02:00:25.937Z His was no gentle zephyr of irony to tickle the tender cuticle of a supersensitive age, but a very cyclone of mockery to laugh a thick-skinned generation out of folly. Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z I knew, of course, that I had been cornered, and that she knew it too; but in these cases the thick-skinned person always has the advantage. The Debit Account 2011-09-21T02:00:33.753Z Yet promoting human rights in thick-skinned countries is not a hopeless cause. Human rights: The compass fails 2011-09-14T20:17:42Z It is only one of the many proofs that we meet everywhere in history of the thick-skinned indifference and cruelty of nearly all of the human race a century ago. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z Loree, however, had reasons both selfish and altruistic for being thick-skinned, and she meant to cleave closer than a brother to Valeria. Pink Gods and Blue Demons 2011-08-31T02:01:22.827Z And although the mate was sufficiently thick-skinned, even he felt it. Reminiscences of Anton Chekhov 2011-08-21T02:00:35.470Z "If you take it on board, it can make you ill, but if you think: 'No problem', it makes you really thick-skinned." Paul Lambert: 'The past is the past. I never think I'm safe' 2011-08-06T19:00:00Z "You get a little bit thick-skinned," he says. Special report: The "Shorts" Who Popped a China Bubble 2011-08-05T05:36:27Z He is often a poet, if not in actual production at least in his temperament, and has the poet's responsiveness to things that more thick-skinned people do not notice. Knut Hamsun 2011-07-18T02:00:21.927Z "He is a tough bloke but no matter how thick-skinned you are, it will be a tough sell for him to win over the Villa fans." Birmingham seek McLeish successor 2011-06-14T10:34:13Z A. I try to set an example and to be very thick-skinned. Corner Office: Dominic Orr: Yes, Everyone Can Be Stupid for a Minute 2011-05-07T15:27:50Z May's simplicity was not of the blundering thick-skinned type; and her ingenuous freshness was admired by a great many persons, among whom was Mrs. Griffin. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 2011-04-26T02:00:29.063Z And he will have to be a very thick-skinned specimen of officialdom who will venture to reply “Yes” to the question. Practical Politics; or, the Liberalism of To-day 2011-04-19T02:00:17.257Z In another division a large family of thick-skinned badgers was living. Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:55.273Z She said the Arbuthnot person didn't understand what I meant—nor any one else at the table, they're so awfully thick-skinned—and that it's better to let them alone. The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z Of the thick-skinned animals the elephant is perhaps the most interesting to be found in Africa. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z Who could tell what heavenly influences might not pierce to these sensitive half-flayed creatures, which are lost on the thick-skinned, the sane, and the duly goggled? Character and Opinion in the United States 2010-12-20T17:12:15.253Z Its habits are so unlike those of the thick-skinned brutes—its mode of life so different from that of a rhinoceros. The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z I'm thick-skinned and why shouldn't I talk about it? Darren Purse on the game's last taboo 2010-09-24T23:06:00Z These are conventional fruits and vegetables with the lowest levels of chemicals: typically thick-skinned, heartier, easier-to-grow produce with peels that you throw away, such as onions, avocados, corn, pineapples and mangoes. Hidden hazards in fruits and veggies 2010-06-01T04:00:00Z Like the elephant and the hippopotamus it belongs to the thick-skinned animals. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z The Glazer family are said to be unmoved by the animosity and thick-skinned enough not to allow it to affect their planning. Glazers reject secret ?1.5bn offer for control of United 2010-05-06T21:00:00Z But I was never embarrassed; I'm way too thick-skinned for that. 23 March 1996: London Irish captain leaves pitch to move his Volvo 2010-03-20T00:11:00Z Steamed shrimp dumplings in translucent wraps, which we ordered from the dinner menu, were tasty, but other dim sum, chosen from a brunch trolley, were sticky, barely warm, thick-skinned and leaden. 2010-02-13T00:12:00Z Nevertheless she gave him very little encouragement to come so often; but Sir Samuel was, happily for himself, thick-skinned. Capricious Caroline The hippopotamus, like the elephant, belongs to the family of thick-skinned animals. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z I am too thick-skinned to mind it in the least. A Double Knot Footnote 30: "The Exposure of the Vices, Morals, and Evils of the thick-skinned, coarse-grained, and wicked Peasantry," by Veroandro, of Truth Castle, 1684. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. He is thick-skinned, but he looked sort of flabbergasted when you whisked off just now with that snort of yours. The Cottage of Delight A Novel I am about as thick-skinned a man in such matters as you may find anywhere, but I do not know that even I can bring myself to tell the 'as how.' Ayala's Angel One day my father told me that a painter had said I was very thick-skinned and did not mind what was said to me, and I could not understand how anybody could be so unjust. Reveries over Childhood and Youth Graceful arrangement—How to manage thick-skinned stems—Colour-schemes—Bad colours for artificial light—Preserving and resuscitating—Table of flowers in season. Small Gardens and How to Make the Most of Them The image Cibber presents of himself as a charming, good-natured, thick-skinned featherbrain is as true as Pope’s of himself as a patient, humorous, objective moralist. A Letter from Mr. Cibber to Mr. Pope He was old, thin-haired and thick-skinned, and rather fat with eating of cheese; he wore a great loose hat of leopard-skin on his head. The Three Mulla-mulgars Although the elephant is a thick-skinned animal yet he is much worried in hot weather by flies and mosquitoes. The White Chief of the Caffres "If the old teacher is so thick-skinned, what is to be expected of the farmers?" thought he. Black Forest Village Stories You would see how we German women, with our thick-skinned housewifely virtues and our cobwebby romance, make our lives unnecessarily hard. Gertrude's Marriage The produce is of large size, thick-skinned and juicy. Notes on Agriculture in Cyprus and Its Products Only the most reckless and thick-skinned of the poorer population will adventure on marriage and the bringing up of a family whilst the odds against decent and reasonable housing persist as at present. Cottage Building in Cob, Pisé, Chalk and Clay a Renaissance (2nd edition) A slow flush, the first, possibly, that had visited the hardy cheek of this thick-skinned detective for years, crept over the face of Frank Hickory. Hand and Ring Were you other than a heavy-witted and thick-skinned Briton, you would have known that I was goading you into issuing a challenge. Cynthia's Chauffeur Nimrod's thick-skinned sensibilities would have cared little for either. Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement This man knew perfectly well that the great lawyer was not proud of the association, but being as thick-skinned as Blake was sensitive, he rather enjoyed his colleague's discomfort. The Day of Sir John Macdonald A Chronicle of the First Prime Minister of the Dominion He therefore eagerly listened to the narratives of the Sudânese working on the Canal, who in their native land had encountered big, thick-skinned, and rapacious beasts. In Desert and Wilderness He is more likely than his thick-skinned neighbour to be vexed by evil, and to be drawn into distorted views of life by an excess of sympathy or indignation. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) A thick-skinned criminal inserted a small tack where it would do the least harm—in the hoof. Men, Women, and Gods And Other Lectures He is an abominable man, irrepressible, so thick-skinned that you cannot possibly get at him so as to hurt him. Marion Fay The judge was frankly a tough case, untouched by religion and conscience, and thick-skinned as to public opinion. The Social Principles of Jesus Either the yoke in his case was too loose, or the new yoke-fellow too thick-skinned and stubborn. The Book of Khalid “I tell you I’m so thick-skinned that it meets in the middle!” Counsel for the Defense The Eocene ages were peculiarly the ages of the Palæotheres,—strange animals of that pachydermatous or thick-skinned order to which the elephants, the tapirs, the hogs, and the horses belong. The Testimony of the Rocks or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two Theologies, Natural and Revealed When a man perseveres in this way, and is thick-skinned enough to bear all rebuffs, there is nothing he will not accomplish. Marion Fay Thither he was followed by his thick-skinned assailants; who, transferring their spite to this new enemy, seemed to forget all about their original adversaries, who remained quietly perched upon the limbs of the tree! Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt He was thick-skinned, and they might go to the devil. Merry-Garden and Other Stories Stiff, surly fellows, much deficient in discernment of what is above them and what is not: a thick-skinned set; bodies clad in buff leather; minds also cased in ill habits of long continuance. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 The gentleman may have been proud of being strong or sturdy; he may too often have been proud of being thick-headed; but he was not proud of being thick-skinned. What I Saw in America Where a tender-skinned horse would be driven mad by insects, the thick-skinned beast passes the time untroubled. The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty There is a quality, a super-refined, exquisite quality, and one with a pinch of true ironic salt in it, which the more thick-skinned among us sensationalists may easily miss. Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions It produces a quantity of thick-skinned acid fruit, of from 2 to 3 inches in diameter. Fruits of Queensland All these Brodricks had firm, thick-skinned faces in which lines came slowly, and were few but strong. The Creators A Comedy He was as thick-skinned as a walrus and the cut direct did not in the least trouble him. The Mission of Janice Day How the great thick-skinned creature enjoys a bath! Heads and Tales : or, Anecdotes and Stories of Quadrupeds and Other Beasts, Chiefly Connected with Incidents in the Histories of More or Less Distinguished Men. In 1842, Irving suffered another of those petty persecutions which he was not thick-skinned enough to endure without suffering, nor confident enough to ignore. Washington Irving He is not gifted,—or cursed, as it may be,—with fine feelings, and is what perhaps may be called thick-skinned; but he will love his own wife and children. Ralph the Heir Their thick-skinned forequarters and stout tusks provide them with excellent instruments with which to resist an assault. Domesticated Animals Their Relation to Man and to his Advancement in Civilization He drank whisky and gambled for pennies, was immoral in his relations with women and as thick-skinned as he was blatant. The Job An American Novel Now, Jack here,"—he passed on to a Jacqueminot rose, covered with splendid crimson blossoms,—"Jack is thick-skinned, quite a rhinoceros by contrast with La France or the Bride. Fernley House It and the peccary are the only two Pachydermata, or thick-skinned animals, indigenous to the southern continent. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America "They can't hurt me," said the thick-skinned Woozy, advancing fearlessly and trampling among the thistles. The Lost Princess of Oz "Your uncle——" He was rather thick-skinned and flushed seldom, but he did so now, growing crimson to the edge of the cap pulled down over his forehead. The Privet Hedge The parsons were hopelessly thick-skinned, moreover, and impervious to hints. Roosevelt in the Bad Lands This is the more valuable in a country where the thick-skinned and leather-yielding mammalia are almost unknown. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire The man glared angrily at her, but being too thick-skinned to take in the full meaning of the child's words, he caught only the familiar name she had spoken. Heart of Gold “Au, you thick-skinned beast,” he cried; “if I were only down there with a stick!” In the King's Name The Cruise of the "Kestrel" Was she really so callous, so thick-skinned that she was immune from insult? The Lady Doc Both of them are too thick-skinned to be sensitive. The Rover Boys Under Canvas or The Mystery of the Wrecked Submarine The young people chafed, and, finding Billy Knapp either imperturbable or thick-skinned, they turned their attention to Alfred. Blazed Trail Stories and Stories of the Wild Life When I told him, as I did, that he was a thick-skinned idiot and braggart, he looked amazed. In Direst Peril It is exhausting to belabour a thick-skinned and obstinate animal with a stick. Blue Lights Hot Work in the Soudan It is truly the lord of the South American forests, as it often attacks the thick-skinned tapir, and even the largest alligator. The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco “I’m such a thick-skinned ’un, I am, that they only just got through. Middy and Ensign I always was a thick-skinned fellow, and it turns out lucky now. Charge! A Story of Briton and Boer Public speaking—thinking on one's feet—is a powerful educator except to the thick-skinned man, the man who has no sensitiveness, or who does not care for what others think of him. Pushing to the Front On hearing this story I remembered that the thick-skinned rhino is sometimes used by cartoonists as a symbol for "the trusts," and the story seemed doubly appropriate as applied to this particular ex-president. In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country To an ordinary thick-skinned fellow, with his love of books and partiality for boys, his daily life during the six months which followed his introduction under Mr Rimbolt’s roof might have seemed almost enviable. A Dog with a Bad Name The Captain is an excellent specimen of the sturdy navigator, with his loose blue clothes, his ultra-divergent legs, his crisp white hair, and his jolly thick-skinned visage. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866 Instead of useful domestic animals, no creature was seen but the thick-skinned tapir, which, with a long beak-like nose, crops plants and leaves and frequents swampy tracts in the heart of the primeval forest. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People A less thick-skinned man than Merrington would this time have caught something more than surprise in the other's tone. The Hand in the Dark The poetical humorist must be allowed a certain license in dealing with facts; and poor Hawthorne, in the uncongenial atmosphere of the Liverpool Custom-house, had doubtless much to suffer from a thick-skinned generation. Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) Arthur was not thick-skinned, and he had been struck for the first time by the lash of caste, and it raised a welt. Wayside Courtships But the cad was very thick-skinned; he made not the slightest show of resentment at the opprobrious epithet. On the Fringe of the Great Fight "Never any one so thick-skinned as him," said Erebus. The Terrible Twins I do not believe that there can ever be born another such a pair of thick-skinned, iron-nerved human beings as the heroes of this story, or two other persons able to endure what we endured. Dr. Dumany's Wife They've too much of what I call thick-skinned honesty for that. Phineas Redux Its relationship to the North makes me think of nothing so much as that of a pretty, sensitive wife, to a big, strong, amiable, if somewhat thick-skinned husband. American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' It is a legend that I am thick-skinned and stupidly slow to take offence. The Danger Mark But even these thick-skinned disciples of "kultur" and brutality were not disposed to be communicative. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben He would like to he," she admitted, "but, thick-skinned though he is, I have managed to make him understand pretty well how I feel about him. Nobody's Man Must be—what shall I say?—a little thick-skinned not to mind blood and all the rest of it. The Iron Furrow We have opinions and principles of our own; we are not so thick-skinned as some good people, nor as cold-blooded as others. A Great Emergency and Other Tales These fleshy weeds resemble the cactuses in being succulent and thick-skinned but they differ from them in their curious ability to live upon very salt and soda-laden water. Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science They are by nature thick-skinned and tough, as doubtless every one has heard. The Surprising Adventures of the Magical Monarch of Mo and His People It has occurred to me," he added innocently, "that it takes an uncommonly thick-skinned and unromantic dub to tour about covered with hay. Diane of the Green Van He was very thick-skinned to such reproaches, and would have left this unnoticed had it been possible. The Claverings This principle suits the Briton admirably, because he belongs to the elder and more thick-skinned branch of the clan. Getting Together The Kingdom of Earth is to the thick-skinned, and bad manners have a distinct vital value. The Open Secret of Ireland Irony, as you know, and as I had learned, was harmless against this thick-skinned nymph. Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall Only a very underbred, thick-skinned person would attempt it. Etiquette A woman may be hyperæsthetic in one sphere of her tastes and as thick-skinned as a rhinoceros in others. The Nervous Housewife He is not tempted to levity or impatience, for he does not see the joke and is thick-skinned to present evils. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3 In fact the soles of their feet are so thick-skinned that they would think nothing of it.” The Book of Dreams and Ghosts The disgust and indignation with which Mr. Carter eyed him must have plainly shown a less thick-skinned mortal just what the conductor's opinion was. Nan Sherwood's Winter Holidays Rescuing the Runaways A place, in short, which, though not inhospitable, imposed itself, its qualities and traditions, to an extent impossible for any save the most thick-skinned and thick-witted wholly to ignore or resist. Deadham Hard For untold centuries they have been in the habit of crawling over thick-skinned faces and bodies, and not being dislodged. As Seen By Me You were deucedly insolent—but my people are thick-skinned. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 07 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes "Is he one of the thick-skinned six that you told me about?" Nancy He was not one of those men who are so thick-skinned that hard speeches are not felt by them. The King's Cup-Bearer These enormous thick-skinned quadrupeds are not natives of the New World. Dick Sand A Captain at Fifteen He was thick-skinned and irrepressible, but Caldigate endeavoured to show his displeasure. John Caldigate "Too thick-skinned to mind that sort of thing, I fancy," said the scholastic agent. Love and Mr. Lewisham However thick-skinned a man may be, and protected over all by the oes triplex of self-sufficiency, he cannot escape being wounded by furious and incessant attacks. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859 Let us try for the future to be thick-skinned, and when Gashmu's tongue is whispering, and whenever some busybody like Sanballat repeats Gashmu's words to us, let us act as Nehemiah did. The King's Cup-Bearer And even such a thick-skinned animal as a rhinoceros likes to plaster himself with mud to keep away the insects. Squinty the Comical Pig His Many Adventures "They can't hurt ME," said the thick-skinned Woozy, advancing fearlessly and trampling among the thistles. The Lost Princess of Oz And I for one—by no means a thick-skinned or hard-nerved man-am absolutely satisfied with this arrangement, and do not wish for any other kind of immunity from danger and catastrophe. Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature They that are so thick-skinned as still to credit the story of the Phoenix, may say something for animal burning. Religio Medici, Hydriotaphia, and the Letter to a Friend There they stood and stared at each other, breathing quick, enraged breaths and looking particularly alike with their heavy-featured, thick-skinned, infuriated faces. The Shuttle No doubt there are some idle and stupid, thick-skinned rich fellows, who escape the ticket-collector. The Market-Place Who would have suspected so large and cold and thick-skinned a thing to be so sensitive? Walden With a gesture, half bow, half dismissal, he made even this thick-skinned member of "the greatest civilization on earth" understand he was not wanted. The Centaur They let themselves be swept into the great surge of the underground river with all of the rather thick-skinned unsensitiveness to shoulder-to-shoulder contact which the Subway engenders. Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It Even the thick-skinned moose is not exempt from discomfort. The Forest Perhaps the climax would have rather thrilled Seaton, but I was too thick-skinned. The Best British Short Stories of 1922 It is only after we cross the line in life, wherever that be, that we become thick-skinned and hardened, and mind nothing that does not touch our account at the bank. Lord Kilgobbin She had been the spoilt child of a ponderous, thick-skinned father and a very suburban mother, who, out of her unexpected prosperity, could deny her daughter nothing. From One Generation to Another Perhaps a spirit proof against rebuffs, a thick-skinned persistence, might have eventually prevailed in London to set him on some career in the social reconstruction of the world. The Mountebank Van Horn, a shade less thick-skinned, stuck at the animadversions made so spiritedly by the Doctor and so vociferously supported by his audience. Under the Skylights The buey is very thick-skinned and would not heed a whip. Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wanderings in South America We tried fire, but the thick-skinned things resisted it for a long time; and, when they did gape, the liquor had disappeared, thereby spoiling the flavour. The Land of Midian — Volume 1 Axel had never a thought of, burying her in the ground; he is a thick-skinned fellow, looking mainly to what is useful; a pathway carpeted with flowers is beyond his needs. Growth of the Soil A marginal note of W. P. would serve for a winding-sheet for that man's works, like thick-skinned fruits are all rind, fit for nothing but the author's fate, to be pared in a pillory. Character Writings of the 17th Century Adj. insensible, unfeeling, senseless, impercipient†, callous, thick-skinned, pachydermatous; hard, hardened; case hardened; proof, obtuse, dull; anaesthetic; comatose, paralytic, palsied, numb, dead. Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases To organize and administer the new industrial-financial-commercial régime, the leaders must be shrewd, ingenious, quick-witted, thick-skinned, unscrupulous, hard-headed, and avaricious; yet daring, dominating, and gifted with keen prevision and vivid imagination. Towards the Great Peace He was a man who blinded himself with words and beautiful sentiments; but he was not thick-skinned or thick-witted. Alcestis However, a certain thick-skinned indifference may develop to protect the sufferer. The Glands Regulating Personality His thick-skinned savagery did not appear to feel either shame or remorse; he was strong and had a weighty hand—that was sufficient. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 05 (From Charlemagne to Frederick Barbarossa) But we are not Greeks, O nymph! we are thick-skinned Scythians.' On the Eve Certain men are both thick-skinned and coarse-grained, and these individuals are apt to mistake a mild manner and a kindly way of saying things for timidity or weakness. Shop Management The strong-minded, thick-skinned, useful, ordinary member, either of the Government or of the Opposition, had been very easy to describe, and had required no imagination to conceive. Autobiography of Anthony Trollope Frank read out aloud: ‘“The hog belongs to the order Mammalia, the genus sus scrofa, and the species pachydermata, or thick-skinned. A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus He looked like one of the Merian bulls, with broad short neck and short curly hair above a thick-skinned deeply wrinkled low forehead. Our Mr. Wrenn, the Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man Mr. Roach, a thick-skinned and rather thick-headed person, did not spare to remind his apprentice of the most painful things wherewith the latter had to reproach himself. The Nether World It was a glorious example of the inferiority of hollow Express bullets against thick-skinned animals. Wild Beasts and Their Ways, Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa and America — Volume 1 There are many natures, rhinoceros-bided and iron-souled, who can endure almost any rebuff in the hope of eventual victory, who are almost too thick-skinned to suffer, but hers was not one of these. The Titan Hollow bullets are quite useless for thick-skinned animals. Ismailia Although I advocate the express small-bore with the immense advantage of low trajectory, I am decidedly opposed to the hollow expanding bullet for heavy, thick-skinned game. The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon Even the dull and thick-skinned are open to offence if it is forced upon them. The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910) Confound their thick-skinned charitable souls, what do they know of how a sensitive woman suffers? The Patrician The Minister of the day, however, had known the value of the man's support, and, being thick-skinned, had lived through the reproaches uttered without much damage to himself. The Prime Minister The whole force turned out, and the attack on the thick-skinned intruders became general. Ismailia Stiff surly fellows, much deficient in discernment of what is above them and what is not:—a thick-skinned set; bodies clad in buff leather; minds also cased in ill habits of long continuance. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 03 Not thick-skinned, her kind, when it came to showing like and dislike, and she looked her pleasure for the honest girl she was. The God of His Fathers: Tales of the Klondyke Our thick-skinned fellow-creatures have the rest of us at their mercy: only give them time, and they carry their point in the end. I Say No I wish I could make you thick-skinned for your own. The Prime Minister Whether the object of her attentions was thick-skinned or sensitive, quick-tempered or good-natured, Mrs. Pentherby managed to achieve the same effect. The Toys of Peace, and other papers "One can imagine something worm-like," he said, "taking its air solid as an earth-worm swallows earth, or thick-skinned monsters—" "By the bye," I said, "why didn't we bring a gun?" The First Men in the Moon |
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