Keep your chin up



Keep your chin up.

Fig. an expression of encouragement to someone who has to bear some emotional burdens. (Fixed order.) Fred: I really can't take much more of this. Jane: Keep your chin up. Things will get better. John: Smile, Fred. Keep your chin up. Fred: I guess you're right. I just get so depressed when I think of this mess I'm in.
See also: chin, keep, up

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Wigstan-Anglo-Saxon
Rowena[rəu'i:nə]
Tau-Southern African, Tswana, Sotho
PerryPER-eeEnglish
Svyatoslavsvyah-tah-SLAHF (Russian)Russian, Ukrainian
KallieKAL-eeEnglish