Betekenis van:
stiff upper lip
stiff upper lip
Zelfstandig naamwoord
- self-restraint in the expression of emotion (especially fear or grief)
"the British like to keep a stiff upper lip"
Hyperoniemen
Voorbeeldzinnen
- Stiff upper lip!
- Throughout the five years of painful cancer treatments, he managed to keep a stiff upper lip.
- The businessman is trying to keep his people on the go by keeping a stiff upper lip, but they are just acting like a dying duck in a thunderstorm.