keep chin up

keep chin up
keep (your) chin up Chin up! - something that you say to someone in a difficult situation in order to encourage them to be brave and to try not to be sad.

We're pleased to hear that you're keeping your chin up despite all your difficulties.


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  • keep your chin up — to stay cheerful and hopeful during difficult times He s still keeping his chin up despite all his health problems. (Keep your) chin up! Everything will work out for the best. • • • Main Entry: ↑chin keep your chin up see ↑chin • • • …   Useful english dictionary

  • keep one's chin up — {v. phr.} To be brave; be determined; face trouble with courage. * /He didn t think that he would ever get out of the jungle alive, but he kept his chin up./ Compare: KEEP A STIFF UPPER LIP …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • keep one's chin up — {v. phr.} To be brave; be determined; face trouble with courage. * /He didn t think that he would ever get out of the jungle alive, but he kept his chin up./ Compare: KEEP A STIFF UPPER LIP …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • keep one's chin up — To keep cheerful in a difficult situation (usu shortened to chin up! used as an encouragement) • • • Main Entry: ↑chin * * * informal remain cheerful in difficult circumstances keep your chin up, we re not lost yet …   Useful english dictionary

  • (keep your) chin up — spoken phrase used for telling someone to be brave and happy even though they are in a difficult situation Come on, chin up! We’ve survived a lot worse than this. Thesaurus: ways of telling someone not to worry or be upsetsynonym Main entry: chin …   Useful english dictionary

  • chin — ► NOUN ▪ the protruding part of the face below the mouth. ► VERB informal ▪ hit or punch on the chin. ● keep one s chin up Cf. ↑keep one s chin up ● take it on the chin Cf. ↑take it on the chin …   English terms dictionary

  • Chin Woo Athletic Association — Huo Yuanjia, the founder of Chin Woo Athletic Association. Formation year July 7, 1910 Legal status Federation …   Wikipedia

  • Chin Up Chin Up — Left to right: Jeremy Bolen, Nathan Snydacker, Chris Dye, Greg Sharp Background information Origin Chicago, Illinois, USA …   Wikipedia

  • keep your chin up — keep (your) chin up Chin up! something that you say to someone in a difficult situation in order to encourage them to be brave and to try not to be sad. We re pleased to hear that you re keeping your chin up despite all your difficulties …   New idioms dictionary

  • chin — [chin] n. [ME < OE cin < IE base * ĝenu , chin, jawbone > Goth kinnus, cheek, L gena, cheek, Gr genys, chin] the part of the face below the lower lip; projecting part of the lower jaw vt. chinned, chinning Gym. to pull (oneself) up,… …   English World dictionary

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