grin and bear it
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Meaning · English
to endure an unpleasant situation with patience
Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt
Chịu đựng tình huống khó chịu với sự kiên nhẫn
Machine-translated — suggest a fix
Literally: show a smile while tolerating something
Where it’s used:
Used
Widespread English
Examples
And up to now, you've had to quit or grin and bear it.
There was no alternative but to grin and bear it.
British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Listed on Wikipedia “Irreversible binomial” (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-29). Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-07-30; pending editor spot-check.
Common questions
What does “grin and bear it” mean?
to endure an unpleasant situation with patience Literally: show a smile while tolerating something
Is “grin and bear it” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.