keep (one's) chin up
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To improve one's mood, especially when sad or discouraged. Come on, the project was not a total failure—keep your chin up! Keep your chin up, honey—tomorrow's another day.
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keep one's chin up
Fig. to keep one's spirits high; to act brave and confident. Keep your chin up, John. Things will get better. Just keep your chin up and tell the judge exactly what happened.
Keep your chin up.
Fig. an expression of encouragement to someone who has to bear some emotional burdens. (Fixed order.) Fred: I really can't take much more of this. Jane: Keep your chin up. Things will get better. John: Smile, Fred. Keep your chin up. Fred: I guess you're right. I just get so depressed when I think of this mess I'm in.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
keep one's chin up
Be stalwart and courageous in a difficult situation, as in Don't let the loan officer intimidate you; keep your chin up, or Despite all the difficulty, he kept his chin up. This expression alludes to a posture of firm resolution. [First half of 1900s]
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keep your chin up
If you keep your chin up, you stay cheerful in a difficult or unpleasant situation. Richards was keeping his chin up yesterday despite the continued setbacks. Keep your chin up: things will get better.
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keep your chin up
remain cheerful in difficult circumstances. informalFarlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
keep (one's) chin up
To be stalwart, courageous, or optimistic in the face of difficulty.
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keep your chin up
Don’t lose courage. This term has replaced the older British keep your pecker up, current there since the 1840s, when pecker actually was defined in a dictionary as meaning “courage” or “resolution.” The latter did not catch on much in America, where “pecker” is also slang for “penis,” changing the meaning entirely. Keep your chin up, however, has been a cliché for some time; it certainly was by the time P. A. Taylor wrote, “You have to keep your chin up” (The Six Iron Spiders, 1942).
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer Copyright © 2013 by Christine Ammer