English · Proverb Candidate

keep your chin up

Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.

Also seen as: keep one's chin up

Sense 1

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

Remain cheerful.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Giữ tinh thần lạc quan

Machine-translated — suggest a fix

Where it’s used: Used Widespread English

Examples

Keep your chin up, girl, we're not lost yet. '

British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)

Sources & notes

Listed on Wikipedia “List of proverbial phrases” (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Figurative class: Metaphor (PIE-English corpus, CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-31).

Sense 2

Meaning · English

Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.

Where it’s used: Used Widespread English

Sources & notes

Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review.

Common questions

What does “keep your chin up” mean?

Remain cheerful.

Is “keep your chin up” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

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