One of our great strengths is our ability to take it on the chin and come out fighting.
我们的一大长处就是能承受困难,奋起拼搏。
Examples from the Corpus
take something on the chin• The car's manufacturers are taking it on the chin.• He should have just taken it on the chin..• Short sellerstook it on the chin last year.
nCOLLOCATIONS
adjectives
a double chin (=loose skin under your chin that looks like a second chin)
Frank was much fatter now and he had a double chin.
a pointed chin
She had a narrow face and a pointed chin.
a weak chin (=small in proportion to the face, and not square in shape)
He’s grown a beard to cover his weak chin.
a determined chin literary (=giving a face a determined appearance)
She had short hair and a determined chin.
a square chin
A square chin may be taken as a sign of a stubborn character.
a receding chin (=sloping backwards in an unattractive way)
Half the boys in my college seemed to have receding chins.
an unshaven chin (=with short hairs on because a man has not shaved)
His combed hair looked oddly neat against his unshaven chin.
verbs
stroke/rub your chin (=stroke it in a way that shows you are thinking about something)
He stroked his chin and then seemed to come to a decision.