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KEEP A STIFF UPPER LIP

to maintain one's courage or composure during a time of trouble without giving way to or revealing one's emotions
 KEEP A STIFF UPPER LIP
1. Its hero is haunted by the painful decisions he has to make, and cannot always keep a stiff upper lip.
2. But he kept a stiff upper lip during his private, yet very public, sorrows and victories.


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