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/stɪf ˈəpər lɪp/ Listen

Stiff upper lip

noun

Self-restraint in the expression of emotion (especially fear or grief).

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"Stiff upper lip" Quotes from Famous Books

... same being my mother, for Livy wouldn't claim it, you may be sure of that. This has taken $200 out of my pocket which I was going to send to Ma. But I will send her some, soon. Tell Orion to keep a stiff upper lip—when the worst comes to the worst I will come forward. Must talk in Providence, R. I., tonight. Must leave now. I thank Mollie and Orion and the rest for your letters, but you see how I am pushed—ought to have 6 clerks. ...

— Innocents abroad • Mark Twain

... boy," said Herrick. "Keep a stiff upper lip, but don't speak unless you're spoken to, and then say as little as ...

— Harper's Young People, April 6, 1880 - An Illustrated Weekly • Various

... and put out her small hand in its mended glove. He grasped it and dared to give it a strong pressure, and to say in a low tone: "It'll be all right, you know. Keep a stiff upper lip. We're not going to forget you." He very ...

— Red Pepper's Patients - With an Account of Anne Linton's Case in Particular • Grace S. Richmond

Words linked to "Stiff upper lip" : self-restraint, temperateness