Meaning of hold one's head high | Babel Free

Definitions

To act with pride; to be proud in a positive way.

idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

“Hold your head up high / Lay your dreams right up to the sky / Sing your greatest song / And you'll keep going, going on”

“And I spent oh so many nights just feeling sorry for myself / I used to cry, but now I hold my head up high”

“So a man's put to task and challenges / I was taught to hold my head high / Collect what is mine / Make the best of what today has.”

“How on earth are we supposed to hold our heads high as the 'mother of parliaments' when we allow to continue the practice of almost openly buying a seat in parliament?”

“It was a clash for the ages as the battling All Blacks were full value for their effort. They can hold their heads high after it looked like South Africa was in control halfway through the match.”

CEFR level