stiff upper lip

Idioms and Phrases

see keep a stiff upper lip .

Example Sentences

In different ways, Hobbs focuses the camera on Anderson’s and Corrin’s ostracized women as they attempt to keep a stiff upper lip even though every hair on their body is at attention and they count the seconds before they can retreat to the privacy of their rooms to cry, scream and crumble on the bed.

From Los Angeles Times

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

This is all a way of saying that I completely get the fascination — especially because it’s so out of keeping with Kate’s willingness to play the game, maintain a stiff upper lip and give the public what they want.

From Los Angeles Times

In the UK - still, in many respects, a country of the stiff upper lip - the idea of exploring and discussing feelings and sexuality so deeply might work for a film, but be a horrifying prospect in reality.

From BBC

"It's very much having a stiff upper lip," she says.

From BBC

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