Life isn’t all cakes and ale? To take one's licks or take a licking means to be beaten, thrashed. (of waves, flames, etc.) to pass or.
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Sea waves were lapping against the beach.
I wouldn't use the expression the flames are licking across her body to describe someone who'd actually caught fire.
Was it waiting for me inside the mine, licking its chops at. Hello, what is the difference between #1 and #2? Sea waves were licking the beach. When flames lick something, it means they're stretching.
Is it a synonym for e.g. A process, department, institution, or other thing that offers few benefits and exists primarily to.
