Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “grin and bear it” and its meaning is “to accept something without showing how bad/painful it is (as there is no choice); tolerate it, live with it, stay with it, put up with it, see it through, hang in there, struggle on, accommodate, accustom, adapt”.
Example Sentence: Small talk (chitchat/gossip) can be annoying, but it is also a crucial and animating force in a reporter’s life… And it is not as if we are the ones who always have to grin and bear such talk; we are also often the initiators… Small talk is also the tool used to build trust with a source. It is through easygoing conversation that reporters and sources connect and find common interests. When interests are shared and stories swapped, we come to empathise with each other.
This phrase is present in The importance of small talk and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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