Meaning of GRIN AND BEAR IT - A Really Short English Lesson with Subtitles

So in English when we say, "grin and bear it", it means to do something that maybe you

don't want to do, without complaining.

So a good example would be after it snows a lot, a lot of times you have to shovel the

driveway in Canada.

And there's no way around it, there's no avoiding it, it's not a fun job so you might as well

just "grin and bear it."

And if you don't what grin is, this is a grin, it's the same as a smile.

And "to bear" something means to carry it.

So basically, you need to do the job, you might as well smile while you're taking on

the task.

You might as well "grin and bear it".