From Wikipedia:Is "stiff upper lips Germans" nice or bad ?do not understand
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One who has a stiff upper lip displays fortitude in the face of adversity, or exercises self-restraint in the expression of emotion.
The phrase is most commonly heard as part of the idiom keep a stiff upper lip, and has traditionally been used to describe a supposed attribute of British people, who were (and sometimes still are) perceived by many as being reserved; the idiom is however of American origin.
From Wikipedia:One who has a stiff upper lip displays fortitude in the face of adversity, or exercises self-restraint in the expression of emotion.
The phrase is most commonly heard as part of the idiom keep a stiff upper lip, and has traditionally been used to describe a supposed attribute of British people, who were (and sometimes still are) perceived by many as being reserved; the idiom is however of American origin.