(verb) to accept or manage something

Example Sentences:

A: Do you like spicy food?
B: No, I can’t stomach it. I prefer chicken and rice.

A: Do you find it difficult being a doctor?
B: No, I can stomach the stress very easily.

Roger wanted to be a chef, but he couldn’t stomach the long hours.

From the Blogs:

Refugees can’t stomach U.S. Food Rations

Media:

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Similar idioms:

  1. handle
  2. one’s eyes are bigger than one’s stomach
  3. butterflies in one’s stomach

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