Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “a thick skin“ and its meaning is “the ability to ignore criticism or insults”.
Example Sentence: Novak Djokovic thumped Daniil Medvedev 7-5, 6-2, 6-2 in Sunday night’s Australian Open final before taking aim at his critics… While admitting that the criticism had hurt him, Djokovic explained how he had developed a thick skin to block it out. “Emotionally [this] was one of hardest tournaments I had, to be honest, with quarantine and a lot of things happening in the media,” the world No 1 told.
This phrase is present in The Guardian article ‘It hurts. I’m a human being’: Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic responds to criticism and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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