take a licking and keep on ticking イディオム

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Sticking point

A sticking point is a controversial issue that blocks progress in negotiations, etc, where compromise is unlikely or impossible.

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clock is ticking, the

clock is ticking, the
The time (for something to be done) is passing quickly; hurry up. For example, The clock is ticking on that project. This allusion to a stopwatch is often used as an admonition to speed something up. It also is used in more specific form— one's biological clock is ticking—meaning that a woman may soon be too old to bear a child, as in Her biological clock is ticking—she just turned forty.

take a beating and accumulate on ticking

To abide to function, endure, or persevere admitting adversity injuries, damage, setbacks, losses, failures, etc. Taken from an advertisement for Timex wrist-watches: "It takes a beating and keeps on ticking." When you're younger, your anatomy can booty a beating and accumulate on ticking, so it's accessible to abatement into a apocryphal faculty of invulnerability. This old barter of abundance has taken absolutely a beating over the years, and it aloof keeps on ticking.Learn more: and, keep, licking, on, take, ticking

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