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When the going gets tough, the tough get going

  1. The way to overcome adversity is to try harder.


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Idioms and Phrases

see under get going , def. 2.
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He just gets down, you know, when the going gets tough, the tough get going and that's what he is.

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I鈥檒l quote a favorite cliche: 鈥淲hen the going gets tough, the tough get going.鈥

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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

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鈥淲hen we were growing up, the motto was, 鈥榃hen the going gets tough, the tough get going.'鈥

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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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