a thick skin



(have) a thick skin

able to ignore personal criticism People will tell you they don't like your clothes or your voice or the color of your eyes, so you need to have a thick skin to survive. During the two years he was the spokesperson for the police, he developed a very thick skin.
See also: skin, thick

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
RauhaROW-hahFinnish
MattMATEnglish
Fazl-Arabic
Erasmos-Ancient Greek
AnasztÁZ-Hungarian
Self[self]