stiff upper lip
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“I think right now at least just kind of keeping a stiff upper lip,” she advised.
From MarketWatch
In the current, so-called third design generation, the hood slopes down to form the stiff upper lip of a mouth pursed with purpose.
But if you want to climb the greasy pole, it could be best to keep a stiff upper lip, at least in some organisations, says executive coach Shereen Hoban.
From BBC
Yet speaking to him reveals the specific pressure of keeping terrible secrets in the name of the English aristocracy's so-called "stiff upper lip".
From BBC
"It's very much having a stiff upper lip," she says.
From BBC
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