Lost for words: Keep your chin up when it’s down to the wire

First coming to use in the 1800s, “keep your chin up” came to be a popular expression for encouraging people to press on through difficult circumstances and to never give up. It is original to the United States, where it first came into print in the 1900 edition of a newspaper in Pennsylvania, the Evening Democrat: “Keep your chin up! Don’t take your troubles to bed with you - hang them on a chair with your trousers or drop them in a glass of water with your teeth.” The phrase is heard occasionally, though I’ve never been told to put my troubles in my trousers, and my teeth are still firmly attached. But, I have been told to keep my chin up on numerous occasions in my younger da