Sentence examples of "upper lip" in English

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The businessman is trying to keep his people on the go by keeping a stiff upper lip, but they are just acting like a dying duck in a thunderstorm. Der Unternehmer versucht, seine Leute mit Durchhalteparolen auf Trapp zu halten, aber die stehen nur wie der Ochs vorm Berg.
Tom has a cleft lip. Tom hat eine Lippenspalte.
The elbow is the joint between the upper arm and the lower arm. Der Ellenbogen ist das Gelenk zwischen Oberarm und Unterarm.
I bit the inside of my lip and got a canker sore. Ich habe innen auf meine Lippe gebissen und ein schlimmes Geschwür davon bekommen.
Mary comes from the upper middle-class. Mary kommt aus der oberen Mittelschicht.
None of your lip! Keine Unverschämtheiten!
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