STIFF UPPER LIP

Meaning of STIFF UPPER LIP in English

Function: noun

Etymology: from the phrase keep a stiff upper lip

Date: 1815

: a steady and determined attitude or manner in the face of trouble

– stiff-upper-lip adjective

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

STIFF UPPER LIP — noun Etymology: from the phrase keep a ~ Date: 1815 a steady and determined attitude or manner in the face …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
STIFF-UPPER-LIP — adjective see: stiff upper lip
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
STIFF UPPER LIP — noun : a determined attitude or effort in the face of trouble — usually used in the phrase keep a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STIFF-UPPER-LIP — see stiff upper lip
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
STIFF UPPER LIP — Etymology: from the phrase keep a stiff upper lip Date: 1815 : a steady and determined attitude or manner in …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
STIFF UPPER LIP — [stiff upper lip] n [fr. the phrase keep a stiff upper lip] (1815): a steady and determined attitude or manner …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
STIFF UPPER LIP — плотно сжатые губы; ? английский характер (символ выдержки и упорства, умения не пасовать перед трудностями)
Англо-Русский словарь Britain
STIFF UPPER LIP — (See keep a stiff upper lip)
English Idioms vocab
STIFF UPPER LIP — See keep a stiff upper lip
English Idioms vocabulary
STIFF UPPER LIP — сдержанность в выражении чувств keep a stiff upper lip - не плакать, не бояться
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
STIFF UPPER LIP — сдержанность в выражении чувств keep a stiff upper lip - не плакать, не бояться
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
STIFF UPPER LIP — "плотно сжатые губы"; ? английский характер (символ выдержки и упорства, умения не пасовать перед трудностями)
Великобритания - Лингвострановедческий словарь
UPPER — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Upper Avon Upper Volta Upper Canada
Английский словарь Британика
UPPER — I. ˈəpə(r) adjective Etymology: Middle English, from uppe up + -er — more at up 1. : relatively high in …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STIFF — I. ˈstif adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English stif, from Old English stīf; akin to Middle Dutch stijf stiff, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LIP
Webster's New International English Dictionary
UPPER — (comp.) Being further up, literally or figuratively; higher in place, position, rank, dignity, or the like; superior; as, the upper …
Английский словарь Webster
UPPER — ( comp. ) Being further up, literally or figuratively; higher in place, position, rank, dignity, or the like; superior; as, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
UPPER — upper 1 /up"euhr/ , adj. 1. higher, as in place, position, pitch, or in a scale: the upper stories of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
STIFF — — stiffish , adj. — stiffly , adv. — stiffness , n. /stif/ , adj., stiffer, stiffest , n., adv., …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LIP — — lipless , adj. — liplike , adj. /lip/ , n., adj., v., lipped, lipping . n. 1. either of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
UPPER — I. ˈə-pər adjective Etymology: Middle English, comparative of up (II) Date: 14th century 1. a. : higher in physical position, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
STIFF — I. ˈstif adjective Etymology: Middle English stif, from Old English stīf; akin to Middle Dutch stijf stiff, Latin stipare to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LIP — I. ˈlip noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English lippa; akin to Old High German leffur lip and probably to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
UPPER — noun the upper leather for a shoe; a vamp. 2. upper (·comp) being further up, literally or figuratively; higher in …
Webster English vocab
STIFF — superl harsh; disagreeable; severe; hard to bear. 2. stiff ·superl firm; strong; violent; difficult to oppose; as, a stiff gale …
Webster English vocab
LIP
Webster English vocab
UPPER — [up.per] adj [ME, compar. of [2]up] (14c) 1 a: higher in physical position, rank, or order b: farther inland "the …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
STIFF — [stiff] adj [ME stif, fr. OE stif; akin to MD stijf stiff, L stipare to press together, Gk steibein to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LIP — [lip] n [ME, fr. OE lippa; akin to OHG leffur lip and prob. to L labium, labrum lip] (bef. 12c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
UPPER — upper BrE AmE ˈʌp ə AmE \ - ə r ▷ upper|s z ▶ ˌ upper ˈ case ◂ BrE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LIP — lip BrE AmE lɪp ▷ lipped lɪpt ▷ lipping ˈlɪp ɪŋ ▷ lips lɪps ▶ ˈ lip gloss BrE AmE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
UPPER — / ˈʌpə(r); NAmE / adjective , noun ■ adjective [ only before noun ] 1. located above sth else, especially …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STIFF — / stɪf; NAmE / adjective , adverb , noun , verb ■ adjective ( stiff·er , stiff·est ) DIFFICULT TO …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LIP — / lɪp; NAmE / noun 1. [ C ] either of the two soft edges at the opening to the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UPPER — I. up ‧ per 1 W2 /ˈʌpə $ -er/ BrE AmE adjective [only before noun] [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
STIFF — I. stiff 1 S3 /stɪf/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative stiffer , superlative stiffest ) [ Word Family: noun : …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LIP — lip S3 W2 /lɪp/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: lippa ] 1 . [countable] one of …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
UPPER — adj. & n. --adj. 1 higher in place; situated above another part (the upper atmosphere; the upper lip). 2 higher …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
STIFF — adj. & n. --adj. 1 rigid; not flexible. 2 hard to bend or move or turn etc.; not working freely. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LIP — n. & v. --n. 1 a either of the two fleshy parts forming the edges of the mouth-opening. b a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
UPPER — adj. & n. adj. 1 higher in place; situated above another part (the upper atmosphere; the upper lip). 2 higher …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
STIFF — adj. & n. adj. 1 rigid; not flexible. 2 hard to bend or move or turn etc.; not working freely. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LIP — n. & v. n. 1 a either of the two fleshy parts forming the edges of the mouth-opening. b a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
STIFF — adj. & n. --adj. 1. rigid; not flexible. 2 hard to bend or move or turn etc.; not working freely. …
Oxford English vocab
LIP — n. & v. --n. 1. a either of the two fleshy parts forming the edges of the mouth-opening. b a …
Oxford English vocab
UPPER — Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. You use upper to describe something …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STIFF — ( stiffer, stiffest) 1. Something that is stiff is firm or does not bend easily. His waterproof trousers were brand …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STIFF — (~er, ~est) 1. Something that is ~ is firm or does not bend easily. His waterproof trousers were brand new …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
UPPER — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES an upper/lower limit (= the highest/lowest amount allowed ) ▪ There is no upper …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
STIFF — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a severe/stiff/heavy/tough/harsh penalty ▪ There were calls for stiffer penalties for killers of police …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LIP
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
STIFF — (SEVERE) [adjective] -er, -est - severe; difficult to deal with or doI think that rapists should be given a stiff …
Cambridge English vocab
LIP — (BODY PART) [noun] [C] - (the area around) one of the two narrow delicate pieces of flesh which form the …
Cambridge English vocab
UPPER — n. Upper Avon Upper Volta Upper Canada
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
UPPER — Synonyms and related words : Benzedrine, Benzedrine pill, C, Dexamyl, Dexamyl pill, Dexedrine, Dexedrine pill, Methedrine, a cut above, above, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
LIP — See: BUTTON ONE'S LIP or ZIP ONE'S LIP, HANG ON THE WORDS OF or HANG ON THE LIPS OF, KEEP …
Slang English vocab
UPPER — n. upper class upper crust upper hand upper story
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
UPPER — n. 25B6; adjective the upper floor : HIGHER, superior; top. the upper echelons of the party : SENIOR, superior, higher-level, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
STIFF — n. 25B6; adjective stiff cardboard : RIGID, hard, firm, inelastic, inflexible. a stiff paste : SEMI-SOLID, viscous, viscid, thick, stiffened, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
UPPER — adj. 1 higher (up), loftier, topmost, more elevated, uppermost Air is less dense in the upper parts of the atmosphere …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
STIFF — adj. 1 firm, rigid, inelastic, unbending, inflexible, hard, unbendable, tough, solid, solidified, stiffened, unyielding, brittle The table napkins were so …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
LIP — See: BUTTON ONE'S LIP or ZIP ONE'S LIP, HANG ON THE WORDS OF or HANG ON THE LIPS OF, KEEP …
Словарь английских идиом
UPPER — 1. прил. 1) верхний; высший, наивысший upper crust Upper House upper servants upper storey upper ten 2) горн. восстающий (о …
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