lickin

finger-licking good

slang Very delicious or tasty. "Licking" is often colloquially shortened to "lickin.'" Man, these ribs are finger-lickin' good, Mom. Got any more?
See also: good

take a licking and keep on ticking

To continue to function, endure, or persevere despite suffering injuries, damage, setbacks, losses, failures, etc. Taken from an advertisement for Timex wrist-watches: "It takes a licking and keeps on ticking." When you're younger, your body can take a licking and keep on ticking, so it's easy to fall into a false sense of invulnerability. This old truck of mine has taken quite a licking over the years, and it just keeps on ticking.
See also: and, keep, licking, on, take, ticking

take a licking but keep on ticking

To continue to function, endure, or persevere despite suffering injuries, damage, setbacks, losses, failures, etc. Taken from an advertisement for Timex wrist-watches: "It takes a Licking and keeps on ticking." When you're younger, your body can take a licking but keep on ticking, so it's easy to fall into a false sense of invulnerability. This old truck of mine has taken quite a licking over the years, but it just keeps on ticking.
See also: but, keep, licking, on, take, ticking
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • finger-licking good
  • chillin
  • chillin’
  • cruisin
  • cruisin’ for a bruisin’
  • cruising for a bruising
  • bruisin
  • What brings you around these parts?
  • keep on keeping on
  • What's happening?
References in classic literature
"Oh, if a man should come up an' ask me, I'd say we got a dum good lickin'."
Red Badge of Courage
"I think I was lickin' him, but the molders called it a draw because the policeman on the beat stopped us when we'd only teen fightin' half an hour.
The Valley of the Moon
I will put a few Whisker Lickin's treats at her feet and close the door until our meal in finished.
Study shows we can shed the 'Crazy Cat Lady' stereotype
You can even get a gold necklace that says "finger lickin good".
KFC just launched a fried chicken inspired clothing range; Now the truly KFC-obsessed can go one step further in showing their love for the Colonel's fried chicken
Sis is in the kitchen, it's super scran she's fixin Hope it's deep fried chicken, it's really finger lickin. Nice one, La It's deffo, you're a star Barby is so sound, though there's butties on the ground.
Your Poem
The 18-year-old reckons it will cost PS475 to buy enough "finger lickin" brown stuff to fill an entire tub.
Buy me PS475 of KFC gravy and I'll dive right in; STUDENT'S CRAZY CROWDFUNDING BID
They are signed to Finger Lickin management and are going places, and this is a chance to see them on their home turf.
MASH HITS; WITH MASH
Parker described the local franchise market as robust and dominated by some very strong players such as Famous Brands (whose brands include Debonairs Pizza and Steers Burgers and Mug & Bean), Nandos, Chicken Lickin and Wimpy.
U.S. trade mission to Sub-Saharan Africa includes Johannesburg, Nairobi and Lagos: franchisors gain understanding of markets from legal, demographic, real estate and development perspectives
Back East there might be time for lickin your wounds with bein English-bred and high and mighty, but out here there's no time" (238).
History, mothering, and manhood in Mary Lee Settle's The Beulah Quintet
Kit 'N Kaboodle, Meow Mix, Purina Cat Chow, Purina Dog Chow, Purina Kitten Chow, Purina O.N.E., Purina Pro Plan, Purina Puppy Chow, T Bonz, Tender Vittles, Whisker Lickin's
The 2001 Top 100 Food Companies
Cocktails include KFC's take on the Bloody Mary, aptly named The Gravy Mary and other remakes of classics including Finger Lickin' Sour and The Southern Twist.
AST food icon KFC's gravy [...]
TOP BRANDS (MILLIONS) YEAR AGO SHARE Whiskas Temptations $181.3 10.2% 40.6% Whiskas Temptations Mixllps 52.6 18.9 11.8 Friskies Party Mix 44.6 -21.9 10.0 Purina Whskr Lckn's Crnch Lvrs 14.6 -12.7 3.3 Friskies Party Mx Bchsd Crnch 13.9 2.5 3.1 Purina Whskr Lckn's Tndr Mmnts 11.9 -17.1 2.7 Friskies Party Mix Orgnl Crnch 11.8 0.2 2.6 Whiskas Temptations Tumblers 9.2 NA 2.1 Whiskas Temptations Chzy Mddls 8.7 44.1 2.0 Purina Whisker Lickin's 7.5 1.7 1.7 CATEGORY TOTAL 446.2 7.4 100.0 UNIT SALES CHANGE VS.
The stat pool: the grocery headquarters annual State of the Industry Almanac takes a comprehensive look at dozens of supermarket categories
The fried chicken business - famous for its "Finger Lickin Good" slogan - said it will spend PS21m opening 32 new stores creating 1,300 jobs this year alone.
KFC serves up a major expansion in the UK
The trio - Su-Elise, Sabrina and Alesha - have already posted three Top 10 singles and reached No 3 in the album charts with Lickin on Both Sides at the tail end of 2001.
GO! ROCK: MAKE NO MIS-TEEQ - THESE GIRLS ARE STARS
Making up the total were: Cafe Blanc on City Road; Caribbean Street Hut on The Hayes; Finger Lickin Chicken, on Highbury Place; Grameen Juboraj, on Richmond Road; Mr Tikka, on Penarth Road; Rainbow of Hope (outlet for homeless and disadvantaged people), Broadway; Roosters Chicken Bar, Station Road, Llandaff North; The Salad Bar, Clifton Street; The Meeting Road, St Andrews & St Teilos Church, Flora Street; The Moonlight, City Road, Roath; Wednesday PS1 Student Lunch (run during term-time at Newman Hall, part of Cardiff University Catholic Chaplaincy), on Colum Road; and Zoka Cafe, Tweedsmuir Road.
Low ratings for 18 places to buy food