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grin and bear it

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grin and bear it
to accept an unpleasant or difficult situation because there is nothing you can do to improve it. I don't want to spend the whole weekend working but I guess I'll just have to grin and bear it.
See also: bear, grin
grin and bear it
to accept something unpleasant with good humor. Bad things happen and you just have to learn to grin and bear it.
See also: bear, grin
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The transition is a keen one, I assure you, from the schoolmaster to a sailor, and requires a strong decoction of Seneca and the Stoics to enable you to grin and bear it.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
"We must grin and bear it," she replied after a moment.
The Land That Time Forgot by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
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