#rememberreminder: Keep Your Chin Up
Surely this phrase is familiar to you. We’ve probably all been told this at least once in our lives, most likely after stumbling or struggling or falling just short of something.
This nostalgic idiom was first printed in an October 1900 edition of the Pennsylvania newspaper 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.” In other words, it’s best to drown your troubles and hang them out to dry.
This saying might seem silly, but when you think about it really does make sense — because when you keep your chin up, you can’t help but look up, too. And when you’re looking up, it makes it so much easier to move forward.
So if life’s got you down these days, just remember: Keep your chin up. It’ll get better. We promise.
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At the The Nostalgia Diaries, our goal is to help you simplify, enhance, and engage your lives by focusing on the most important things: remembering, appreciating, believing, and becoming. It’s all about celebrating the past to create better days today.
I love learning a bit of history. Thanks darlings.
You are welcome!
I like this. It IS so literal. When my chin is up, it’s likely that I’m not looking at my phone and I’m looking at the beautiful things around me!
Yes! It’s such a simple thing to help live in the moment!
Thanks for this reminder!! I actually needed it after the morning I had yesterday!!! It’s important to not let our problems get the best of us!!!
Happy we can provide little reminders that might help!
I love your mission behind this series! Such a great form of encouragement! Good job!
Thenk you so much!
I love interesting trivia, which this is. I’ll be sharing it with everyone along with all my other fun facts, LOL. Love your website!
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i love this post and i love the keep your chin up saying. I did not know the background and now i feel even better about it.
Thenk you!
thanks for always helping to keep my chin up beautiful! your posts are always so uplifting 🙂
xx
Stephanie
http://www.vimandvigor.blog
Thank you so very much for your kind words!!
As a history buff, I love the trivia tidbit you put in this. I agree that keeping my chin up literally helps lift my mood. Especially if I’m walking outside and look up to the sky, and realize that there’s a whole big world out there, and my troubles will pass soon enough.
It’s a little like putting a spring in your step… a simple physical act that can improve your mood and outlook!
Such an awesome idea…love it…everyone can use encouraging words every day of the week:)
Thank you! I hope every week is encouraging for you!
1900! I had no idea that idiom was so old. I needed this post today; such a good reminder.
Glad you liked it!
I love this! And love that you shared a bit of history with us. 🙂
Thank you! 🙂
This brought back so many memories for me. My grandfather said this all the time. 🙁
It’s a good old fashioned expression . . . one of my favorites. I really like your blog by the way!
Thank you!