put a brave face on

put a brave face/front on something

to behave in a way that makes people think you are happy when you are not They've had some bad luck, but they've put a brave face on their problems. She's very ill but she's putting a brave front on it. (= making people believe her illness does not worry her)

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ludovica	loo-do-VEE-kah	Italian
Winter	WIN-tər	English (Modern)
Rian	RIE-ən	English
JuhÁN	-	Sami
Xavier	ZAY-vee-ər (English), ZAY-vyər (English), ig-ZAY-vee-ər (English), za-VYE (French), sha-VYER (Portuguese)	English, French, Portuguese, Catalan, Spanish (Archaic)
Seth (2)	SET (English), SAYT (English)	Egyptian Mythology (Hellenized)