They laid some blunt criticism on him, but he took it on the chin.
•I knew he could take it on the nose.
2. Fig. to receive the full brunt of something. •Why do I have to take it on the chin for something I didn't do?
•If you did it, you have to learn to take it on the chin.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
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