bear cross

bear one's cross

and carry one's cross

Fig. to handle or cope with one's burden; to endure one's difficulties. (This is a biblical theme. It is always used figuratively except in the biblical context.) It's a very painful disease, but I'll bear my cross. I can't help you with it. You'll just have to carry your own cross.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Chanah	-	Hebrew
Daphne	DAF-nee (English), DAHF-nə (Dutch)	Greek Mythology, English, Dutch
Paderau	-	Welsh
See	[si:]
Alexandrine	al-eg-zan-DREEN (French), ah-lek-sahn-DREE-nə (German)	French, German
Bernardino	ber-nahr-DEE-no (Italian, Spanish)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese