take a licking

to be defeated or very strongly criticized Their latest album took a licking from the critics, but it's selling well anyway.

Related vocabulary: take a beating

(American & Australian informal)

to be defeated or very strongly criticized Their latest album took a licking from the critics, but it's selling well.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
OnÓRa	-	Irish
Anastasius	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Abdiou	-	Biblical Greek
Arlene	[a:'li:n]
Benny	BEN-ee	English
Deloris	də-LAWR-is	English