Licking
Takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin' = Timex watches
There's no similar idiom in Russian
a clock being licked by a dog.Another answerAn ever ready battery, it's that commercial with the pink bunny rabbit.Timex watches.
No. Even when your avatar is hit, dropped, shocked, or defeated, it returns almost immediately to action. (It takes a licking, but keeps on ticking.)
No. The word ticking is a verb form, or a noun, or an adjective (ticking clock). But it is not used as an adverb.
Time Is Ticking Out was created in 2001.
the ticking is the blinkers
If the ticking sounds like a "normal" ticking, it is probably the fuel injectors.
Ticking Clock was created on 2011-01-04.
The most likely cause of a ticking sound in a motor is a bad timing belt. A valve out of time can also cause a ticking sound.
Please describe where the ticking is coming from, and what you're doing (if anything) when it happens. Please describe where the ticking is coming from, and what you're doing (if anything) when it happens.