What does “crust of a rhinoceros” mean?
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I've been reading Thank You, Jeeves by PG Wodehouse and couldn't understand what he meant by "The man must have the crust of a rhinoceros".
Is this British slang? Can somebody explain to me what this means?
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I've been reading Thank You, Jeeves by PG Wodehouse and couldn't understand what he meant by "The man must have the crust of a rhinoceros".
Is this British slang? Can somebody explain to me what this means?
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It probably means hide. The hide of a rhino is thick and hard to penetrate. If he has a think hide it means that he does not understand nuance at all (to put it mildly). To get through to him you have to hit him over the head with a two by four (to use another idiom) even to get his attention.
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I've been reading Thank You, Jeeves by PG Wodehouse and couldn't understand what he meant by "The man must have the crust of a rhinoceros".
Is this British slang? Can somebody explain to me what this means?
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It probably means hide. The hide of a rhino is thick and hard to penetrate. If he has a think hide it means that he does not understand nuance at all (to put it mildly). To get through to him you have to hit him over the head with a two by four (to use another idiom) even to get his attention.
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It probably means hide. The hide of a rhino is thick and hard to penetrate. If he has a think hide it means that he does not understand nuance at all (to put it mildly). To get through to him you have to hit him over the head with a two by four (to use another idiom) even to get his attention.
– ab2
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@ab2 Thanks! That makes sense.
– Daniel_V
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It probably means hide. The hide of a rhino is thick and hard to penetrate. If he has a think hide it means that he does not understand nuance at all (to put it mildly). To get through to him you have to hit him over the head with a two by four (to use another idiom) even to get his attention.
– ab2
5 hours ago
It probably means hide. The hide of a rhino is thick and hard to penetrate. If he has a think hide it means that he does not understand nuance at all (to put it mildly). To get through to him you have to hit him over the head with a two by four (to use another idiom) even to get his attention.
– ab2
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@ab2 Thanks! That makes sense.
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Crust in English slang means impertinence, according to Collins English Dictionary. You have to scroll quite far down to find this meaning.
YourDictionary.com gives the slang meaning as
5.Slang audacity; insolence; gall
In my comment, I said that crust of a rhino probably meant a thick hide that was impervious to subtlety or nuance; that one would have to hit him over the head with a two by four to even get his attention.
This is consistent with the dictionary definitions above, but with a slightly different emphasis. Someone with the crust of a rhino has a lot of gall, and is oblivious of how offensive he is, or simply does not give a damn what other people think.
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Crust in English slang means impertinence, according to Collins English Dictionary. You have to scroll quite far down to find this meaning.
YourDictionary.com gives the slang meaning as
5.Slang audacity; insolence; gall
In my comment, I said that crust of a rhino probably meant a thick hide that was impervious to subtlety or nuance; that one would have to hit him over the head with a two by four to even get his attention.
This is consistent with the dictionary definitions above, but with a slightly different emphasis. Someone with the crust of a rhino has a lot of gall, and is oblivious of how offensive he is, or simply does not give a damn what other people think.
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Crust in English slang means impertinence, according to Collins English Dictionary. You have to scroll quite far down to find this meaning.
YourDictionary.com gives the slang meaning as
5.Slang audacity; insolence; gall
In my comment, I said that crust of a rhino probably meant a thick hide that was impervious to subtlety or nuance; that one would have to hit him over the head with a two by four to even get his attention.
This is consistent with the dictionary definitions above, but with a slightly different emphasis. Someone with the crust of a rhino has a lot of gall, and is oblivious of how offensive he is, or simply does not give a damn what other people think.
answered 4 hours ago
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up vote
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Crust in English slang means impertinence, according to Collins English Dictionary. You have to scroll quite far down to find this meaning.
YourDictionary.com gives the slang meaning as
5.Slang audacity; insolence; gall
In my comment, I said that crust of a rhino probably meant a thick hide that was impervious to subtlety or nuance; that one would have to hit him over the head with a two by four to even get his attention.
This is consistent with the dictionary definitions above, but with a slightly different emphasis. Someone with the crust of a rhino has a lot of gall, and is oblivious of how offensive he is, or simply does not give a damn what other people think.
answered 4 hours ago
ab2
22.6k85792
Crust in English slang means impertinence, according to Collins English Dictionary. You have to scroll quite far down to find this meaning.
YourDictionary.com gives the slang meaning as
5.Slang audacity; insolence; gall
In my comment, I said that crust of a rhino probably meant a thick hide that was impervious to subtlety or nuance; that one would have to hit him over the head with a two by four to even get his attention.
This is consistent with the dictionary definitions above, but with a slightly different emphasis. Someone with the crust of a rhino has a lot of gall, and is oblivious of how offensive he is, or simply does not give a damn what other people think.
answered 4 hours ago
ab2
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answered 4 hours ago
ab2
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ab2
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It probably means hide. The hide of a rhino is thick and hard to penetrate. If he has a think hide it means that he does not understand nuance at all (to put it mildly). To get through to him you have to hit him over the head with a two by four (to use another idiom) even to get his attention.
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