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

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So in English when we say, "grin and bear it", it means to do something that maybe you
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don't want to do, without complaining.
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So a good example would be after it snows a lot, a lot of times you have to shovel the
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driveway in Canada.
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And there's no way around it, there's no avoiding it, it's not a fun job so you might as well
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just "grin and bear it."
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And if you don't what grin is, this is a grin, it's the same as a smile.
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And "to bear" something means to carry it.
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So basically, you need to do the job, you might as well smile while you're taking on
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the task.
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You might as well "grin and bear it".
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