Back Stiff upper lip (udtryk) Danish שפה עליונה נוקשה HE Stiff upper lip Italian 뻣뻣한 윗입술 Korean Stiff upper lip (uttryck) Swedish
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.[1][2] The phrase is most commonly heard as part of the idiom "keep a stiff upper lip", and has traditionally been used to describe an attribute of British people in remaining resolute and unemotional when faced with adversity.[1] A sign of fear is trembling of the upper lip[citation needed], hence the saying keep a "stiff" upper lip.[3]
- ^ a b Keep a stiff upper lip Phrases.org.uk. Retrieved 20 February 2011
- ^ "The myth of the stiff upper lip", BBC
- ^ "Stiff upper lip". World Wide Words. 19 August 2006. Retrieved 4 February 2013.