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phrase [usually verb PHRASE, verb-link PHRASE]If you say that someone is keeping a stiff upper lip, you mean that they are not showing any emotion even though it is difficult for them not to. See full dictionary entry for lipExamples of 'a stiff upper lip' in a sentencea stiff upper lip That's a stiff upper lip for you.Think we have a stiff upper lip?Through it all, though, he has maintained a stiff upper lip.All we have left is a stiff upper lip.Getting a hotel recommendation required a strong will and a stiff upper lip.What was once a stiff upper lip has become a wet, wobbly lower lip.This - for anyone who needs the explanation - is a stiff-upper-lip joke.That aside, we were a stiff-upper-lip type of family.A stiff upper lip in the face of death and hellish discomfort.You must need a stiff upper lip and heart of stone. |