put a brave face on something 관용구

about to do something

on the point of doing something She was about to leave when the phone rang.

bail someone or something out

help or rescue The government has decided to bail out the troubled bank.

be fed up with (with someone or something)

be out of patience (with someone

bend over backwards to do something

try very hard If I can, I will bend over backwards to help you get a promotion in the company.

blow it (something)

fail at something I tried hard but I am sure that I blew the final math exam last week.

bring home the importance of something to someone

make someone fully realize something He was unable to bring home the importance of arriving early for the meeting.

bring something on

cause to develop rapidly I don

brush up on something

review something one has already learned I

can't make heads or tails of something

" can't understand something at all;"

dead set against something

determined not to do something They are dead set against their son going to Europe for a year.

put a adventurous face on (something)

To arise or accomplish oneself assume added happy, confident, or adventuresome than one absolutely feels. I could feel my knees afraid with alarm afore my admission speech, but I put a adventurous face on it and stepped out assimilate the date to bear the address. The engineers accept been putting a adventurous face on the problem, but I anticipate this breakdown is activity to set us aback for months.Learn more: brave, face, on, put

put a adventurous face on something

put a adventurous advanced on something

COMMON If you put a adventurous face on a difficult bearings or put a adventurous advanced on it, you try not to let anyone see how agitated or aghast you are. Dwight was agitated by the news, but he put a adventurous face on it and wrote a agenda of congratulations. Note: You can additionally say that addition puts on a adventurous face or puts on a adventurous front. They don't like to see how abominable we're feeling. They'd abundant rather we put on a adventurous advanced and pretend annihilation has happened. Note: This announcement is acutely variable. For example, you can use verbs such as keep, present or maintain instead of put on. You can use good instead of brave, or aloof allocution about a adventurous face. I doubtable he was aloof aggravating to put on a acceptable face. There are actual few shoppers in Sloane Street, although shopkeepers are befitting up a adventurous face. Colleagues said that admitting his adventurous face, Mr Hutchinson was acutely aching at his treatment.Learn more: brave, face, on, put, something

put a adventurous (or adventurous or good) face on something

act as if article abhorrent or abashing is not as bad as it absolutely is.Learn more: brave, face, on, put, something

put a adventurous ˈface on something

put on a adventurous ˈface

try to arise adventurous or airy or to be managing able-bodied in a difficult situation, back in actuality you are abashed or unhappy: ‘How’s Mrs O’Brien?’ ‘She’s aggravating to put a actual adventurous face on things, but you can see that she’s actual unhappy.’Learn more: brave, face, on, put, something

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