“when the”

The following 4 entries include the term when the.

when the chips are down

idiom

: in a difficult situation : when things are not good

when the going gets tough

idiom

: when it becomes difficult to continue or to make progress

when the going gets tough, the tough get going

idiom

used to say that when there are problems, strong people work hard to solve them

when the need arises

idiom

: when it is necessary to do so


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