| 单词 | stiff upper lip |
| 释义 | stiff upper lip (once / 29041 pages) n WORD FAMILY stiff upper lip: stiff upper lips USAGE EXAMPLESMost of the victims kept a stiff upper lip, publicly at least, repeating the simple truth that things, unlike people, can be replaced. Wall Street Journal(Nov 22, 2016) “God’s arm strike with us! ’tis a fearful odds,” Salisbury says with a stiff upper lip. New York Times(Nov 18, 2016) You’d be wrong: A lot of riotous rhetoric sprang from those stiff upper lips. Washington Times(Nov 03, 2016) n self-restraint in the expression of emotion (especially fear or grief) the British like to keep a stiff upper lip Hyper self-restraint, temperateness exhibiting restraint imposed on the self |
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