grin and bear it

English

Verb

grin and bear it (third-person singular simple present grins and bears it, present participle grinning and bearing it, simple past grinned and bore it, past participle grinned and borne it)

1. To endure a difficult or disagreeable situation with good humour.

   They made me work the Saturday of our wedding anniversary. What could I say? I just had to grin and bear it.

Translations

endure a difficult or disagreeable situation

• Danish: gøre gode miner til slet spil
• Finnish: kestää hymyillen
• French: prendre son mal en patience (fr), faire bonne mine à mauvais jeu
• Hungarian: jó képet vág hozzá
• Italian: fare buon viso a cattivo gioco
• Polish: robić dobrą minę do złej gry (pl) impf, zrobić dobrą minę do złej gry pf
• Romanian: face haz de necaz

See also

• put a brave face on it
• grit one's teeth
• make the best of a bad job
• take it like a man