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Hank Nguyen
2021-02-28 10:02
Cast Iron Stomach noun phrase
If someone has a cast iron stomach, they have a strong stomach that can digest unusual food and even bad food without being ill.
Jimmy must have a cast-iron stomach, when he drank milk with lime juice and felt perfectly fine afterward.
You must have a cast-iron stomach if you eat this stuff.
To have a strong stomach against bad or unusual food
This idiom became widespread around the early 1900s since cast-iron is a type of metal that commonly used in creating cooking utensils. Pans that are made with cast-irons are tough and resilient hence, making the meaning of the idiom.
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Being perfectly suitable for one's interests or abilities
Jasmine really loves children, so being a kindergarten teacher would be right up her alley.
