take it like a man
take (something) like a man
To suffer, endure, or accept something in a stoic, unemotional manner. I'm sorry for being blunt, but if you can't take criticism like a man, then I suggest you find work in a different industry. You broke the rules, and now you've got to take your punishment like a man.
See also: like, man, take
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
take it like a man
[for a male] to suffer misfortune stoically. (Compare this with take it.) She said some really cutting things to him, but he took it like a man. I knew he could take it like a man.
See also: like, man, take
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- take (something) like a man
- coating
- not stand the sight of (someone or something)
- take (something) lying down
- take lying down
- take something lying down
- man up
- be a man
- bear the sight of (someone or something)
- person up