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Q: Ffs which is correct?

The saying " Grin and bear it or bare it" ?
Which is the correct one?

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If you grin and bear something, you put up with it.
If you grin and bare it, depending upon where you are, you may be arrested.

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bear means deal with sth so can't be 'are'

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If you grin and bear something, you put up with it.
If you grin and bare it, depending upon where you are, you may be arrested.

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The best thing to do in those grin and bear it situations is to grin and beer it.

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A grammar question. sad

Shining_brow:

No, an idiom question.

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If you put some thought into it..the use of "bear" in the idiom, means to endure hardship regardless of suffering...using "bare" means smile and show it for all to see....which have similar but not identical implications...

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Personally, I prefer the BEER OPTION  first and then the bare option. can bear with the consequences later.

Stiggs:

Mmmmm beeeer...the cause of, and solution to all my problems.

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According to the interwebs, it's 'bear' - as in, to suffer through something.

 

However, I can see how 'bare' would work... bare your soul, lay bare the honest truth... etc

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"Suffer through something"...       like a prostate exam  or STD test for example?  I think both bare and bear would work in that situation.

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What did Hemingway say to the Grizzly as he leveled his sights on him?  

    'Grin and Bear it!' haha

PulSartre:

hahahahahahahahahah LOL. 

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