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单词 to be the grit
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to be the grit
a. Originally U.S. slang. Firmness or solidity of character; indomitable spirit or pluck; stamina. to be clear grit, hard (etc.) grit: to have genuine spirit or pluck. to be the grit: to be the ‘right sort’, the genuine ‘article’.
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the mind > emotion > courage > moral courage > stoicism > [noun]
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grit1825
pecker1845
sand1867
stiff-upper-lippery1961
stiffupperlippishness1973
1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan III. 386 Proper fellow he was too; 'cute enough, I tell you—sharp as a razor—clear grit.
1843 T. C. Haliburton Attaché II. i. 13 If he hadn't a had the clear grit in him, and showed his teeth and claws.
1862 W. M. Thackeray Adventures of Philip III. ii. 47 If you were a chip of the old block you would be just what he called ‘the grit’.
1863 N. Hawthorne Our Old Home II. 179 His main deficiency was a lack of grit.
1873–4 W. H. Dixon Hist. Two Queens III. xiii. ii. 12 John Fisher..had not lost his northern grit and twang.
1880 Daily Tel. 7 Oct. Our English lads are hard grit.
1892 Times 23 Apr. 7/1 Every appointment of the kind must be based wholly upon fitness and grit.
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