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单词 to hold up by the chin
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to hold up by the chin
d. Phrases. †to hold up by the chin: to keep from sinking, support. †of the first chin: with the beard just beginning to grow. up to the chin: reaching to the chin; deeply immersed in. keep your chin up, often elliptically chin up, do not succumb to depression; also chin(s)-up used attributively; to take it (or life) on the chin (from Pugilism), to meet misfortune courageously; to withstand a severe blow, irrespective of one's feelings.
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the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > [verb (transitive)]
lasteOE
i-hentc1225
uphold?c1225
upbeara1300
sustainc1300
understand13..
uplift1338
maintainc1350
supporta1393
underset1395
buttressc1400
supprise1447
bolster1508
stay1526
stay1526
undershore?a1534
underpropa1535
to hold up by the chin1546
back1548
suborn1548
suffult?c1550
upshore?1567
shoulder1577
upstay1600
underwrite1609
abone1622
crutch1641
float1823
backstop1956
the world > life > the body > hair > hair on lower part of face > [adjective] > beard > first growth of
of the first chin1546
iulana1627
the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > greatly or very much [phrase] > utter > utterly
all outc1300
out and outc1300
at all devicec1385
to devicec1385
right out?1543
up to the chin1546
up to the eyes1607
upsy Friese1609
up to the (or one's) eyebrowsa1627
all hollow1762
(immersed, steeped) to the lipsa1822
all ends up1850
fair and square1870
right spang1884
to the wide1895
a (also one) hundred per cent1911
the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > be constant or steadfast [verb (intransitive)] > endure without giving way
bearOE
sustaina1382
dreec1400
to bear, hold tack1580
to stick out1677
to tough it (out)1830
to keep (carry, have) a stiff upper lip1837
to take it (or life) on the chin1928
to hang in1969
the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [phrase] > exhortation to be cheerful
to keep one's pecker up1845
keep your chin up1938
1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. v. sig. Bii He must nedes swym, that is holde vp by the chyn.
1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 222/1 Yet they remaine vnpunnished, yea they are holden vp by the chinne to harden them in their wickednesse.
c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) v. 1706 The richer sort doe stand vp to the chin In delicates.
1630 J. Shirley Gratefull Seruant iii. iv Your weak gallants of the first chin..will brag what ladies they have brought to their obedience.
1638 Earl of Strafford Let. 7 Aug. (1739) II. 195 A languishing Purpose to hold me up by the Chin,..for as long as I may be of Use to these Affairs.
1928 J. P. McEvoy Show Girl ix. 129 Jack Milton won't kick in another nickel. And we're going to take it on the chin for five thousand down here this week.
1931 Daily Express 22 Sept. 3/4 ‘We are not paying out against sterling,’ chanted the cashier. Elderly Englishmen of the retired colonel type took it on the chin.
1938 P. Gallico Confessions of Story Writer (1946) 226 Keep your chin up. I get the picture.
1939 I. Baird Waste Heritage xix. 263 Keep your chin up honey.
1946 F. Sargeson That Summer 108 Terry said chin up.
1958 Spectator 13 June 761/1 They scoffed at the President's chins-up speeches.
1960 D. Lytton Goddam White Man i. 39 I liked the Williams' because of the way they took life on the chin.
1961 John o' London's 6 July 29/1 Their passivity suggested to me a definite chin-up attitude.
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