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French
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /a.vwaʁ lə kɥiʁ diʁ/
Verb
avoir le cuir dur
- (zoology) to be pachydermic or pachydermatous
1770, Encyclopédie œconomique, page 535:La jeunesse Gauloise s’exerçoit à la chasse de cet animal. Il a le cuir dur. On fait de sa corne ainsi que de celle du bœuf divers ouvrages.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (figuratively) to be thick-skinned (insensitive to criticism)
- Synonyms: avoir le cuir épais, avoir le cuir solide, être blindé
2010, Marina Dédéyan, Les Vikings de Novgorod, Flammarion:Eh, vieux camarade, tu as beau avoir le cuir dur, tu es susceptible comme une pucelle.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)