rhinoceros

Related to rhinoceros: Indian rhinoceros

have a hide like a rhinoceros

To have the ability to ignore verbal attacks or criticism from others. If you're going to pursue a career in politics, you need to have a hide like a rhinoceros and not let criticism bother you.
See also: have, hide, like, rhinoceros

have a skin like a rhinoceros

To have the ability to ignore verbal attacks or criticism from others. If you're going to pursue a career in politics, you need to have a skin like a rhinoceros and not let criticism bother you.
See also: have, like, rhinoceros, skin
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

have a hide/skin like a rhiˈnoceros

(informal) be tough and not easily offended; have no fear of criticism from others: Say what you like about him, he won’t care; he’s got a skin like a rhinoceros.
See also: have, hide, like, rhinoceros, skin
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References in periodicals archive
Le Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), en collaboration avec des scientifiques internationaux, a reussi a recolter les Aufs des deux dernieres especes femelles, incapables de concevoir afin de reproduire les futures generations de rhinoceros blancs.
Le Kenya dirige les efforts internationaux pour sauver les rhinoceros blancs du nord de l'extinction
A photograph of the 35-year-old female rhinoceros with the words "Camille" and "Julien" on its back went viral on social media, triggering an outcry.
French zoo 'outraged' by visitors writing names on rhino's back
Malaysia is now left with one female Sumatran rhinoceros named Iman which lives in a sanctuary in Sabah, after Tam, the only male rhinoceros died in May.
Sabah CM says identifying site to house local wildlife
"The latest interceptions take her total haul since arriving to just under 21 tonnes of drugs - roughly the weight of 10 rhinoceros - worth a regional wholesale value of almost $25m," the CMF said in a statement yesterday.
Australian Navy frigate seizes $25m drugs since November
The Sumatran rhino, the smallest species of rhinoceros, was declared extinct in the wild in Malaysiain 2015.
Malaysia's last male Sumatran rhino dies in captivity
The arrival of Eastern black rhinoceros is part of an important European breeding programme which consists of over 20 zoos and wildlife parks from around the continent working together to help preserve the population and maintain genetic diversity of this incredible species.
Rhino is heading to the zoo
As a member of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Cites), Cambodia has been pursuing ways to improve its law enforcement activities to prevent and crack down on the trafficking of elephant ivory and rhinoceros horn.
Customs outline ivory crackdown guidelines
LAHORE -- The last remaining rhinoceros and hippopotamus in the country, currently residing at Lahore Zoo, are at risk of an early death due to loneliness and isolation, Express News has learnt.
'Widowed' rhino, hippo at Lahore Zoo at risk of early death
THE RHINOCEROS AND THE MEGATHERIUM: An Essay in Natural History by Juan Pimentel, translated by Peter Mason.
THE RHINOCEROS AND THE MEGATHERIUM: An Essay in Natural History
In June 2016, a black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis minor) with an M.
Conservation of White Rhinoceroses Threatened by Bovine Tuberculosis, South Africa, 2016-2017
One of which is Spanish Surrealist Salvador Dali's 'Cosmic Rhinoceros.' The bronze sculpture with green patina is one of this auction lots' most prized piece.
One of few Salvador Dali sculptures lands, up for bids, at The Casa Interiors
Northern White Rhinoceros (NWR), the world's most endangered mammal species, is on the brink of extinction, but recently, a group of scientists described a way that could prove critical in saving them.
Northern White Rhinoceros Could Be Saved From Extinction
Ingicco and the team will be concluding the 2018 excavation season in Rizal, Kalinga where the fossils of the butchered Rhinoceros philippinensis, and the other extinct animals had been found at the site since 2014.
National Museum to host lecture on PH colonization
The recent discovery of rhinoceros bones and stone tools in Cagayan Valley opens up a great deal of possibilities for Philippine history.
POLI-VIEWS Prehistoric Philippines