While no longer in force today, there are still regulations governing moustaches and, if worn, they can grow no further than
the upper lip.
Highly successful people tend to have the British disease of the stiff
upper lip.
We now finally get to the earliest known origin which was from the Hellenistic Greek «mustax», meaning «
upper lip», which may or may not have come from the Hellenistic Greek «mullon», meaning «lip».
Although the act of shaving one's
upper lip was trivial in itself, it was considered a breach of discipline.
Hungarian: Extremely bushy, with the hairs pulled to the side and with the hairs extending past
the upper lip by as much as 1.5 cm.
Walrus: very similar to the Hungarian, except without the strict length limit on the hair overhanging
the upper lip.
English Moustache: Thin moustache with the hair on a line in the middle of
the upper lip sideways, with the hair at the corner of the mouth slightly shaped upwards.
If I grew an ironic mustache,
my upper lip would just look unironically dirty.
Having a stiff
upper lip and denying anything is wrong though, just delays your process of recovery.
When Jennifer Paschall and Gita Vasseghi pitched their company No Mo - Stache, an on - the - go wax strip for women's
upper lips, the male investors had some questions.
Canadians have adopted the American «ah» for words like macho, taco and lasagna where we once employed an «a» as stiff as a Brit's
upper lip.
And, most of us have a stiff
upper lip — a mask that everything is ok.
They use these photographs to measure fWHR as the distance between the two zygions (width) relative to the distance between
the upper lip and the midpoint of the inner ends of the eyebrows (height).
When they look at stocks they may think it too stiff
upper lip, when they look at cryptocurrencies they may think it as fun.
Sessions has mostly bitten
his upper lip and looked the other way when Trump ripped him before, but this time he pushed back in an official statement: «As long as I am the Attorney General, I will continue to discharge my duties with integrity and honor, and this Department will continue to do its work in a fair and impartial manner according to the law and Constitution.»
It's a terrible blow and one that you can't sweep under the emotional rug and keep a stiff
upper lip about.
It means further that we are allowed to weep, we need not pretend that we can get over everything keeping a stiff
upper lip, we may well be completely bewildered, unable to produce a harmony out of all the contradictions and dissonances of our life.
The right displays the stiff
upper lip, the assumption that suffering builds character and that marriage involves a legitimate suffering.
It's hardly a surprise that the nation of the «stiff
upper lip» struggles to articulate the emotional web that is grief.
Some identify the death of Diana, Princess of Wales as the moment when the British stiff
upper lip collectively trembled.
With no role models for what grieving could look like, the British stiff
upper lip prevailed.
It's hardly a surprise that the nation of the «stiff
upper lip» struggles to articulate the emotional web... More
While they get permission to not feel bad about what they did, we have to keep a stiff
upper lip and just deal with it.
The once - famed British style of reticence, deference, and the stiff
upper lip was something more brittle.
Let's just say keeping a stiff
upper lip was a much higher priority than showing your emotions — or telling the truth.
Whatever the Queen's humiliation may have been, one can rest assured she will bear it, in good British fashion, with a stiff
upper lip.
And where Mitford preferred to keep dead bodies out of sight and out of mind, the better to maintain her stiff
upper lip and jaunty British humor (the bodies of her first husband, her first daughter, her first son and herself were all «disappeared,» according to her family), in Six Feet Under the dead are everywhere.
The Jesus of compassion is not a Jesus of the stiff
upper lip.
So I suggested that since men don't particularly notice each others clothes anyway, and cuz he only sits in them for a few hours at a time, rarely even sweating on
his upper lip, he should hang up his once worn clothes as soon as he gets home in order to preserve their freshness and save him from ironing them so soon again.
Using two forks anchor into
the upper lip of the rings and firmly but slowly lift the rings off.
A few minutes later, I scratched
my upper lip region.
Yesterday, I put sweatpants over my tights, stuffed my hat inside my helmet, and zipped my coat up above
my upper lip.
My upper lip is stinging.
She said that he would take a flower from the clusters of the sombal, place it between his nose and
upper lips, and go to sleep with it because he enjoyed the smell so much.
Indeed, this St. Patrick's Day, the Guinness «Stache — that unmistakable hint of foam left behind on
the upper lip after the first sip of stout — is back as a symbol of the goodness and the Irish - ness that lives within all of us.
My upper lip area, between my mouth and nose, started to burn.
If they took baker over rosen i would try hard to keep a stiff
upper lip and say, «well at least he can move around, that rosen kid woulda got pummeled just standing around back there».
Then the smudge grew, blood snaking toward Jill's
upper lip.
And now we're living in an overcorrection, in which Charlie Blackmon's
upper lip is 700 times hairier than every member of the 2007 Orioles and Rangers combined.
Our members of staff are going to be growing their mos and taking part in Movember's brand new MOVE challenge — committing to some classy
upper lip wear and a 30 - day physical fitness challenge, all to champion men's health.
His size refuted the widely held notion that height made might in the sport, while at the same time he tapped into the national fancy for the underdog who keeps a stiff
upper lip.
In all, 89 men started, 39 cracked up and, as Casewit reported, «There were altogether six broken bones, two broken ribs, and one ripped - off nose — cleanly sheared to
the upper lip, bone and all.»
During pregnancy dark spots appear most commonly on the forehead, cheeks and
upper lip due to increased pigmentation.
Don't be afraid to ask for help, look for signs of tongue ties /
upper lip ties, formula is NOT poison (even though I have had someone tell me that).
His upper lip was broken and mouth filled with blood.
Don't push it into baby's mouth but use the nipple resting against
the upper lip and the bottle collar resting against the chin to trigger an open mouth reflex.
Place your nipple between the child's
upper lip and nose then brush the
upper lip with your nipple to encourage them to open their mouth.
Encourage baby to open wide by tickling
his upper lip with your nipple.
Labial frenums can also have a negative impact of breastfeeding because they may not allow for the flaring of
the upper lip that is needed to create a good seal around the breast.