Sentences with phrase «thick skin of»

I don't have a true «Before» picture of it, but let's just say it was previously suffocating under a thick skin of burnt orange velvet that had seen better days.

A monumental piece formed by thousands of tiny tiles sliced from a thick skin of acrylic paint, the work's surface involved more building than painting.

The protagonist is a unique combination of the fierce attitude of Furiosa, the playfulness of Thelma, and the thick skin of Louise.

As a former ER nurse, Jen relied on her lightning fast responses and the thick skin of selfless service on a daily basis.

The thick skin of the banana provides the fruit with its own container.

Remove the papery outer layers of skin that cover the entire head of garlic, leaving the thicker skins of the individual cloves.

Not exact matches

He has never been comfortable with this, but he has tried to develop a thick skin about the level of media interest that comes with it.

Wet shavers with sensitive skin and / or softer facial hair will benefit from less blade exposure, while others with thicker stubble can choose to have more of the edge protruding

Wet shavers with sensitive skin and / or softer facial hair will benefit from less blade exposure, while others with thicker stubble can choose to have more of the edge protruding for a closer cut.

Too often, what negotiation gurus are really saying is that you have to be a particular kind of person: thick - skinned and supremely confident, afraid of nothing, and with a big - picture mindset.

«Having thick skin is definitely part of the recipe of being a great official,» he said.

It's a good thing that my colleagues had thick skin, otherwise I might have been the destroyer of relationships.

According to the Entpreneur.com article, «5 Traits of Powerful Small - Business Owners,» entrepreneurs and business owners alike need to have thick skin.

I am sure he has a thick skin, but some of what appeared on the site went well beyond the bounds of decent discourse.

He will push you to upgrade your skills daily, he will call you out on your BS, but the context of it all is why you need to grow thicker skin and bigger ears - he is a kingmaker.

As someone with quite thick, coarse beard hair and fairly sensitive skin, I generally find that the sharpest blades and a less aggressive razor (my personal favorite is the Edwin Jagger DE89lbl) give me the best shave, but of course, your mileage may vary.

All of you out there who condemn Pat Robertson just keep doing it, he has thick skin just like the millions of us who are politically incorrect and proud of it.

The religious and faithful need to grow a thicker skin, especially since prayer has also never been shown to be even a little beneficial except to relieve the guilt of the praying person.

If I'm going to make a difference in this boys club of an industry, I got ta grow a thick skin.»

I have been pained many times by the ugliness of the «sanctified» inhumanity we foster and employ, and I know that it has often made me more thick skinned to a particular person or incident than I should have been.

Ellis, though he claims to have a thick skin, has been deeply affected by the barrage of criticism directed at him, much of it ad hominem.

My taking the risk in being vulnerable and sharing that I have felt unwelcome by you and not listened to was not an issue of not having a thick skin.

Great cartoon, and I liked the one about the blood donation and thick skin...:) if you are a blood donor, thank you, I am alive and reasonably well today because of blood donors...

The more human beings are lacking in imagination, the more incapable men are of any profound kind of self - analysis, the more we shall find that their self - righteousness hardens, so that it is just the thick - skinned who are more sure of being right than anybody else.

In the middle of all this, I gave a lecture on how to handle criticism with a thick skin and tender heart.

In Indonesian mosques the time for prayer is announced by powerful beating on a great drum made of a thick, hollow tree trunk covered with buffalo skin; then the call to prayer is usually chanted either from the mosque itself or from the roof of the mosque.

1 x 700g piece of salmon tail fillet, skin removed, pin - boned (ask your fishmonger for the thicker end of the tail)

I usually peel the eggplant first if it has a thick skin, but that's a matter of personal preference.

It's basically extra thick skin, which looks kind of blistery, and sometimes dries and peels off.

If you fit into the Kapha dosha, you'll be the most robust of all the other Ayurvedic types, with thick skin, a well built frame, and strong immune system.

To simulate the thick outer green colored skin of a watermelon we use lime sherbet.

He was animated and spritely, with clear eyes, supple skin and thick pomaded shocks of wavy black hair.

1/2 Pie Crust recipe (replace millet flour with an equal amount of teff flour) 3/4 cup sugar 1 1/2 tablespoons gluten - free flour blend of choice 2 pounds red or Italian plums, skin on, pitted and sliced 1/4 - inch thick 1/2 tablespoon fresh - squeezed lemon juice

The goal is to get a thermometer inserted into the thickest part of thigh to register at 155ºF, but if the meat seems cooked and the skin's not golden enough another 10 minutes won't hurt anything.

In the 4 - cup work bowl of a KitchenAid ® 14 - Cup Food Processor fitted with the mini multipurpose blade, add skinned hazelnuts and process on high for 1 minute or until a thick paste forms.

Yet, perhaps the most potentially repulsive, at least for Western tastes, of grilled meats are found in small poor villages in rural areas: snakes grilled whole, and, on a more intense level, monitor lizards (there are six feet - long lizards, thick as an arm) which are skinned and grilled.

Many regard Muscadines as the «Superfruit of the South,» distinguished by their thick skin, sweet taste and numerous health benefits.

Years of being told to suck it in, stand up straighter and «no noodle arms» have given me a much thicker skin haha.

San Marzano tomatoes are a famous variety of tomatoes that are for the most part associated with Italy but here in Northern California we also have the right climate to grow these thick skinned flavorful Roma style tomatoes.

But the thick - skinned nightshade is also a great vehicle for all sorts of spices.

Put a pat atop a steak, smear it on thick toasts with a pinch of sea salt or make your holiday turkey a little more interesting this year by rubbing the butter both over and under the skin.

Arrange chicken over cooler part of fire, skin side down and with thickest part nearest hot area.

Vegetable peelers work okay, but butternut skin is very thick and requires two or three passes of the peeler to remove it all.

Avoid tough, thick - skinned pods, as this is an indication that the peas are over-matured, as well as those that exhibit poor color or show any sign of decay or wilting.

I blended the fruit, sweetener and herb together with a few tablespoons of the organic vinegar together to make a thick, blueberry skin - speckled tonic.

Heat the oil in a deep pan and in the meantime, take the green skin off the plantain and cut the plantain into 1 cm thick circles with a knife of mandolin.

Fry chicken, turning with tongs every 1 — 2 minutes and adjusting heat to maintain a steady temperature of 300 ° — 325 °, until skin is deep golden brown and an instant - read thermometer inserted into thickest part of chicken registers 165 °, about 10 minutes for wings and 12 minutes for thighs, legs, and breasts.

Fruit compressed, more or less ribbed, about two inches and three - quarters in diameter, and two inches in depth; skin smooth and glossy, when ripe, of a brilliant coral - red; flesh thick, mild and pleasant to the taste, though possessing more piquancy than the Large Bell or Sweet Spanish.

Working in 4 batches, fry chicken, turning often with tongs and adjusting heat to maintain temperature, until skin is deep golden brown and an instant - read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of chicken registers 165 ° for dark meat and 160 ° for white meat, 10 — 12 minutes per batch.

Order a fruit plate at the clandestine Carthage Must Be Destroyed — the mostly unmarked café at the end of an industrial driveway in Bushwick, Brooklyn — and you're presented with a Pepto - pink plate overflowing with fresh blackberries, vibrantly ripe whole strawberries, a thick slab of mango to scoop out of its skin, red - dappled soccer game - style orange wedges, whole handfuls of mint sprigs, and a glass cup of thick, tart yogurt drizzled with passionfruit.