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When the going gets tough, the tough get going
- The way to overcome adversity is to try harder.
Idioms and Phrases
see under get going , def. 2.Example Sentences
He just gets down, you know, when the going gets tough, the tough get going and that's what he is.
I鈥檒l quote a favorite cliche: 鈥淲hen the going gets tough, the tough get going.鈥
Citing the old adage that when the going gets tough, the tough get going, she said Knuth 鈥渘ever stopped making the world a better place.鈥
鈥淲hen we were growing up, the motto was, 鈥榃hen the going gets tough, the tough get going.'鈥
Beginning with 鈥淐aribbean Queen鈥 in 1984, he topped music charts for years, earning a Grammy, and had hits like 鈥淲hen the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going,鈥 鈥淟overboy,鈥 鈥淕et Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car鈥 and 鈥淪uddenly.鈥
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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