| 单词 | to stick out one's chin |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto stick out one's chin P8. to stick out one's chin: to show firmness, fortitude, or resolution. ΚΠ 1875 W. Besant & J. Rice This Son of Vulcan in London Society Nov. 390/2 Them's your ancestors, Jack, my boy. Now you know why I tould you to lift your head high and stick out your chin, bekase we were coming to your own place. 1898 Muswellbrook (New S. Wales) Chron. 16 Nov. May be he sets his teeth hard and sticks out his chin, and works longer hours. 1914 A. Bennett Price of Love 207 She belonged to the middle class..the class that sticks its chin out and gets things done. 1931 I. Gershwin Compl. Lyrics (1993) 185/1 We two together can win out; Just remember to stick your chin out. 2000 S. King On Writing 123 Throw back your shoulders, stick out your chin, and put that meeting in charge! < as lemmas |
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