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What (who) is keep a stiff upper lip - definition

WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Stiff Upper Lip; Stiff Upper Lip (song)

Stiff upper lip         
A person who is said to have a stiff upper lip displays fortitude and stoicism in the face of adversity, or exercises great self-restraint in the expression of emotion.Keep a stiff upper lip Phrases.
Lip plate         
  • [[Raoni Metuktire]], a [[Kayapo]] man, speaking at the Brazilian Commission on Human Rights and Participatory Legislation
  • Contemporary Mursi woman showing pierced lower lip without a lip plate
  • Dixon, George]] (1789): ''Voyage autour du monde''
PLATE IN A MURSI WOMAN'S MOUTH
Lip plates; Lip disc; Lip discs; Lip disk; Lip plug; Lip Plug; Lip Disc; Lip Plate; Lip plugs
The lip plate, also known as a lip plug, lip disc, or mouth plate is a form of body modification. Increasingly large discs (usually circular, and made from clay or wood) are inserted into a pierced hole in either the upper or lower lip, or both, thereby stretching it.
Stiff diagram         
IN HYDROGEOLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY, A WAY OF DISPLAYING WATER CHEMISTRY DATA
Stiff pattern
A Stiff diagram, or Stiff pattern, is a graphical representation of chemical analyses, first developed by H.A.

Wikipedia

Stiff upper lip (disambiguation)

Stiff upper lip is a colloquial expression referring to fortitude in the face of adversity.

Stiff upper lip may also refer to:

  • Stiff Upper Lip (album), an album by AC/DC
    • "Stiff Upper Lip" (AC/DC song), the title song
    • Stiff Upper Lip World Tour, a concert tour
    • Stiff Upper Lip Live, a DVD
  • "Stiff Upper Lip" (Gershwin song), a song by George and Ira Gershwin
  • Stiff Upper Lips, a 1997 British comedy film
  • Stiff Upper Lip, a song by Mr Hudson from the album Straight No Chaser
Examples of use of keep a stiff upper lip
1. "They‘re trying to keep a stiff upper lip," says David Cyranoski, the Tokyo–based staff correspondent for Nature.
2. Your mum, Trini and I are hanging in there and trying to keep a stiff upper lip.
3. Olmert could keep a stiff upper lip and join this chain, replacing Tzipi Livni as foreign minister, while Livni takes the post of premier.