Keep your chin up

Idiomatic

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00:00Keep your chin up means to stay positive in a difficult situation.

00:07Keep your chin up, kid.

00:10Keep your chin up.

00:11Thank you.

00:12Meantime, keep your chin up.

00:15The origin of the expression keep your chin up is late 19th to early 20th century America.

00:22The first printed reference comes from an October 1900 edition of the Pennsylvania newspaper

00:28The Evening Democrat, keep your chin up.

00:31Don't take your troubles to bed with you.

00:34Hang them on a chair with your trousers or drop them in a glass of water with your teeth.