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
Osama	-	Arabic
Gabriel	ga-bree-EL (French), GAH-bryel (Spanish), GAHP-ree-el (German), GAHB-ree-el (Finnish), GAY-bree-əl (English), GAHP-ryel (Polish)	French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Catalan, English, Romanian
Timon	TIE-mən (English), TEE-mawn (Dutch)	Ancient Greek, Biblical, Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin, Dutch
Aesculapius	[.i:skju'leipjəs]
Lashawn	-	African American
Luc	LOOK	French