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have a glass jaw

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have a glass jaw
Fig. to be susceptible to a knockout when struck on the head. (Said only of boxers who are frequently knocked down by a blow to the head.) When the prizefighter was knocked out cold by a right to the chin in the first round, the newspapers said he had a glass jaw. Once a fighter has a glass jaw, he's finished as a boxer.
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If you have a glass jaw, no amount of training will save you from waking up on the floor," says Jason Ferruggia, a performance-enhancement coach in Warren, NJ.
If you have a glass jaw, no amount of training will save you from waking up on the floor," says Jason Ferruggia, a performance-enhancement coach in Warren, NJ.
 
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