APAD: Keep your chin up.

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Meaning: Always remain cheerful in the face of problems

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My source says that this phrase, sometimes shortened to just "chin up," was made

in the USA and as late as 1990!

 

Life is hard. Many things are out of our control. Other problems are often more 

imagined than real and fanned by interests that stand to gain from our fear

(e.g., disease mongering). A totally rational person may not exist, but we can

always try to practice what this idiom commands. Make some jokes, have a laugh,

move around and sweat a bit, have a good sleep, and come back to face the 

challenge.

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Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all the -盈盈一笑间- 给 盈盈一笑间 发送悄悄话 盈盈一笑间 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 10/28/2023 postreply 10:10:52

circumstances…tomorrow is another day. Keep our chin up. :)) -盈盈一笑间- 给 盈盈一笑间 发送悄悄话 盈盈一笑间 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 10/28/2023 postreply 10:12:22

I'd keep my chin up to board my flight tomorrow -移花接木- 给 移花接木 发送悄悄话 移花接木 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 10/28/2023 postreply 10:39:28

Have a great trip! -7grizzly- 给 7grizzly 发送悄悄话 7grizzly 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 10/28/2023 postreply 10:44:05

Back to China? Have a safe and wonderful trip! -盈盈一笑间- 给 盈盈一笑间 发送悄悄话 盈盈一笑间 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 10/28/2023 postreply 10:46:24

3个小时前收到加航的online checkin通知,还有一行,所有人到达上海必须出示covid - 证明,WTF -移花接木- 给 移花接木 发送悄悄话 移花接木 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 10/28/2023 postreply 13:50:05

还好不是登机前才发现这个邮件 -移花接木- 给 移花接木 发送悄悄话 移花接木 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 10/28/2023 postreply 13:50:32

Can you bring a test kit and show them right there? -7grizzly- 给 7grizzly 发送悄悄话 7grizzly 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 10/28/2023 postreply 14:17:29

Ooops, 那现在拿到covid 证明了吗? -盈盈一笑间- 给 盈盈一笑间 发送悄悄话 盈盈一笑间 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 10/28/2023 postreply 17:57:21

Good trip ! -Oona- 给 Oona 发送悄悄话 Oona 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 10/28/2023 postreply 11:59:01

乐观向上 -方外居士- 给 方外居士 发送悄悄话 (0 bytes) () 10/28/2023 postreply 11:40:45

赞! 我这几天看midnight in the garden of good and evil. -Oona- 给 Oona 发送悄悄话 Oona 的博客首页 (120 bytes) () 10/28/2023 postreply 12:03:42

Isn’t aloofness or eccentricity in the eye of the beholder? -7grizzly- 给 7grizzly 发送悄悄话 7grizzly 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 10/28/2023 postreply 14:21:34

kind of cute to me:) they just live in their own worlds. -Oona- 给 Oona 发送悄悄话 Oona 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 10/28/2023 postreply 14:28:55

That’s what I thought. Isolated, oblivious, trying to hold -7grizzly- 给 7grizzly 发送悄悄话 7grizzly 的博客首页 (37 bytes) () 10/28/2023 postreply 14:34:03

Exactly ! -Oona- 给 Oona 发送悄悄话 Oona 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 10/28/2023 postreply 14:57:43

Similar to the British expression : keep a stiff upper lip. -waterfowl- 给 waterfowl 发送悄悄话 waterfowl 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 10/28/2023 postreply 13:32:20

Both are in my dictionary. I thought “chin up” too young :) -7grizzly- 给 7grizzly 发送悄悄话 7grizzly 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 10/28/2023 postreply 14:25:55

Concise and practical. Thanks. -唐宋韵- 给 唐宋韵 发送悄悄话 唐宋韵 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 10/28/2023 postreply 16:28:31

Thank you! -7grizzly- 给 7grizzly 发送悄悄话 7grizzly 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 10/28/2023 postreply 17:32:52

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