grin and bear it
Verb
Meaning
grin and bear it (third-person singular simple present grins and bears it, present participle grinning and bearing it, simple past grinned and bore it, past participle grinned and borne it)
To endure a difficult or disagreeable situation with good humour.
They made me work the Saturday of our wedding anniversary. What could I say? I just had to grin and bear it.
Synonyms
Examples
But then I discovered that they didn’t photograph so terribly ( was the first recipe photographed in the then-new kitchen) and decided to grin and bear it.
Most people who’ve suffered bad service just grin and bear it in front of the service provider, purely to avoid the unpleasantness of a scene.
Even if it’s terrible, I’ll try to grin and bear it.