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20-Sep-2004, 06:41
| | |  "the going gets tough, the tough gets going"
I heard this idiom,
"the going gets tough, the tough gets going". I think i know the meaning but i'm not quite sure. Does it mean like, for example, if someone is trying to do something but utimately gives up ?
Let me know if i'm wrong, not quite right.
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20-Sep-2004, 06:49
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| | Re: "the going gets tough, the tough gets going"
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Originally Posted by phalkun I heard this idiom,
"the going gets tough, the tough gets going". I think i know the meaning but i'm not quite sure. Does it mean like, for example, if someone is trying to do something but utimately gives up ?
Let me know if i'm wrong, not quite right.
Cheers. :D | When life become difficult, the strong rise to the challenge; they fight to survive/win! :wink: |
20-Sep-2004, 06:57
| | | Re: "the going gets tough, the tough gets going"
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Originally Posted by Casiopea Quote: |
Originally Posted by phalkun I heard this idiom,
"the going gets tough, the tough gets going". I think i know the meaning but i'm not quite sure. Does it mean like, for example, if someone is trying to do something but utimately gives up ?
Let me know if i'm wrong, not quite right.
Cheers. :D | When life become difficult, the strong rise to the challenge; they fight to survive/win! :wink: | I don't really get you. Can you explain a bit more plz? Can it mean something else?
Thanks alot. |
20-Sep-2004, 06:57
| | | Re: "the going gets tough, the tough gets going"
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Originally Posted by Casiopea Quote: |
Originally Posted by phalkun I heard this idiom,
"the going gets tough, the tough gets going". I think i know the meaning but i'm not quite sure. Does it mean like, for example, if someone is trying to do something but utimately gives up ?
Let me know if i'm wrong, not quite right.
Cheers. :D | When life become difficult, the strong rise to the challenge; they fight to survive/win! :wink: | I don't really get you. Can you explain a bit more plz? Can it mean something else?
Thanks alot. |
20-Sep-2004, 08:04
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The going gets tough => life/things become difficult
the tough gets going => tough/strong persons march on/are not stopped by adversity
The saying means: don't give up when it gets difficult.
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20-Sep-2004, 10:40
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Originally Posted by Francois The going gets tough => life/things become difficult
the tough gets going => tough/strong persons march on/are not stopped by adversity
The saying means: don't give up when it gets difficult.
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20-Sep-2004, 11:28
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| | Re: "the going gets tough, the tough gets going"
Tough has two meanings. It could mean hard or dificult, it could also mean a strong person.
So in this case, the idiom means, when times/situations are hard/tough, tough/strong people kick arse. |
20-Sep-2004, 13:20
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| | Re: "the going gets tough, the tough gets going"
Can it also mean, suppose I am in a job and the facility has decreased. That means, the going is getting tough. So I plan to switch job coz I know I can find another. Meaning the tough gets going. | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode | 
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