when the going gets tough

Meaning

1. when the going gets tough (the tough get going)

   when conditions or progress become difficult (strong and determined people work even harder to succeed)

In the movies · 1

• - Fuck you! - Piss off when the going gets tough.Sid and Nancy1986
• No, no, when the going gets tough, you get going right for the exit.The House with a Clock in Its Walls2018

From the same entry

• while the going is good
• comings and goings
• heavy going
• a going concern
• the going rate
• anything goes
• as people, things, go
• be going on
• be going to do
• don't go doing
• enough to be going on with
• go all out for

More proverbs

• every man for himself
• time is money
• all hands on deck
• let sleeping dogs lie
• the die is cast
• safety first
• two can play at that game
• absence makes the heart grow fonder
• better the devil you know
• eat drink and be merry
• every dog has his day
• it takes all sorts