geekStiff Upper Lip
June 11th 2009 10:18
The lips, especially those of a lovely woman, have inspired poets, painters and song writers. The lips can light up the face with as much warmth as the eyes, or darken it with grief. They can turn and curl up in scorn and contempt, or tighten with anger and silence. Or they can drop and droop in frustration and defeat. They can also open and broaden in a smile that makes the human face glow like a ray of light. They can whisper pleasant words and sounds, and hostile, ugly ones too.
The lips are tied to an expression of three great human qualities – dignity, pride and courage. The expression “keeping a stiff upper lip” means to keep oneself under control in the face of pain, grief, financial loss or any personal disaster. In the words of one author, as he described a man who lost everything he had, “He was well-to-do in the world once, carried a stiff upper lip and cared for none.” There is another phrase, “to give lip service”. It means you really don’t mean what you are saying about it. You say you do, but you are not sincere.
The lips are tied to an expression of three great human qualities – dignity, pride and courage. The expression “keeping a stiff upper lip” means to keep oneself under control in the face of pain, grief, financial loss or any personal disaster. In the words of one author, as he described a man who lost everything he had, “He was well-to-do in the world once, carried a stiff upper lip and cared for none.” There is another phrase, “to give lip service”. It means you really don’t mean what you are saying about it. You say you do, but you are not sincere.
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