put a brave face on something






put a brave face on something

act as if something unpleasant or upsetting is not as bad as it really is.




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brave new world

a new and hopeful period in history resulting from major changes in society

This phrase comes ultimately from Shakespeare's The Tempest, but is more often used with allusion to Aldous Huxley's ironical use of the phrase as the title of his 1932 novel Brave New World.




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