Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “take some beating“ and its meaning is “If someone/something takes some beating, it is very difficult to defeat/beat them/it and requires a lot of effort for anyone/anything else to match or be better than”.
Example Sentence: As a contrast in extremes, last week’s extraordinary developments in space and the southern United States take some beating. At the very moment, Nasa’s Perseverance rover scored a technological triumph with its flawless landing on the surface of Mars, millions of American citizens in Texas were thrust back into a chaotic, pre-industrial dark age of no electricity, no water and, for some, no food by unprecedented freezing temperatures.
This phrase is present in The Guardian article The Observer view on triumph on Mars and tragedy in Texas and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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