- lit. covered with lice, one doesn't feel the itching anymore; up to one's ears in debt, one ceases to worry about it (idiom)
- fig. to be past worrying (about sth)
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- covered with lice, one doesn't feel the itching anymore; up to one's ears in debt, one ceases to worry about it (idiom)
This idiom is used to describe a situation where someone has so many problems or difficulties that they become numb to them and stop worrying.
After so many years of problems, I have gotten used to it and now I am numb to them.
tā他zhài wù债务léi léi累累，yǐ jīng已经xí guàn习惯le了shēng huó生活zhòng dì中的yā lì压力，zhēn shi真是shī zi虱子duō多le了bù不yǎng痒。
He is burdened with debt, and has become accustomed to the pressures of life; truly, he is past worrying.
Generated collocations (experimental)
shī zi虱子duō多le了bù不yǎng痒to be past worrying (about something)zhài债duō多le了bù不chóu愁to stop worrying about debtxí yǐ wéi cháng习以为常to get used to somethingwú suǒ wèi无所谓to not care about somethingmá mù bù rén麻木不仁to be numb or indifferentxīn rú zhǐ shuǐ心如止水to be calm and untroubledbù yǐ wéi yì不以为意to take something lightlyhuò dá豁达dà dù大度to be open-minded and generouschǔ zhī tài rán处之泰然to remain calm in difficult situationssuí yù ér ān随遇而安to go with the flow and be content
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