grin and bear it

Idioms and Phrases

Put up good-humoredly with adversity, with good humor, as in It's no fun being sick for the holidays, but you might as well grin and bear it . Also put as grin and abide in the 19th century, this expression became so well known that Sam Walter Foss (1858–1911) made a pun on it in his poem, “The Firm of Grin and Barrett”: “Never yet was any panic Scared the firm of Grin and Barrett.”

Example Sentences

But her sense of humor did not conceal from her that in spite of her grin-and-bear-it mien, she was far from happy.

From Project Gutenberg

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