keep your pecker up

keep your pecker up
keep your pecker up british informal phrase
used for encouraging someone to be happy in a difficult situation
Thesaurus: ways of telling someone not to worry or be upsetsynonym
Main entry: pecker

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Brit., informal remain cheerful
Origin:
pecker probably in the sense ‘beak, bill’

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keep your pecker up
Brit informal : to stay happy or hopeful
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Main Entry:pecker

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ˌkeep your ˈpecker up idiom
(BrE, informal) to remain cheerful despite difficulties

Keep your pecker up! Things are bound to get better.

Main entry:peckeridiom

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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