keep one's chin up

Be stalwart and courageous in a difficult situation, as in Don't let the loan officer intimidate you; keep your chin up, or Despite all the difficulty, he kept his chin up. This expression alludes to a posture of firm resolution. [First half of 1900s]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Krista	KRIS-tah (German), KRIS-tə (English), KREES-tah (Finnish)	German, English, Finnish
Dick	[dik]
Mauricio	mow-REE-thyo (Spanish), mow-REE-syo (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish
Sudhir	-	Indian, Marathi, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu
Chifundo	chee-FUWN-do	Southern African, Chewa
JÚLia	ZHOO-lyə (Portuguese), YOO-lee-aw (Hungarian)	Portuguese, Catalan, Hungarian, Slovak