To tolerate adversity with good humor; put up with pain, misfortune, or unpleasantness without complaining or in a stoic manner
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- From the Old English term: grinnian, meaning to show one’s teeth in pain or anger. W. Hickey used the phrase in his 1775 Memoirs as the expression used by sailors after a long continuance of bad weather
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I see you’ve worn a hole in your shoe - I recommend you to grin and bear it.
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