grit
courage, toughness
TRANSLATION
grit (fig.) = Mut grit = der Feinkies, der Grobstaub grits = die Maisgrütze --- GOOGLE INDEX grit: approximately 64,000,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Sticking with a marriage. That's true GRIT, man.
- Hollywood star Jeff Bridges
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Governor Cuomo's triumph a feat of GRIT and cunning
(New York Post - news headline)
- Hollywood star Jeff Bridges
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Governor Cuomo's triumph a feat of GRIT and cunning
(New York Post - news headline)
Did you
know?
grit
noun
- bravery and determination despite difficulty
- very small pieces of stone or sand
grits
- a dish of hominy grain (corn meal) eaten especially as a morning meal
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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Hollywood legend John Wayne, who won an Oscar for best actor in the 1949 western True Grit, showed a lot of grit off the screen as well. The liberal-minded Harvard University theatre - The Hasty Pudding - once honoured the conservative-thinking Wayne with their annual Hasty Pudding Award. Instead of a limousine, Wayne arrived in an army tank.
During a question and answer session, a woman in the crowd asked, "What do you think of women's liberation?" Wayne responded in typical fashion, "I think women's lib is fine, as long as they're home by six to cook my dinner."
In another exchange, a student asked, "Mr. Wayne, do you look at yourself as an American legend?" "Well," Wayne drily replied, "not being a Harvard man, I don't look at myself any more than necessary."
Film tip: True Grit, 2010 remake starring Jeff Bridges, Hailee Steinfeld and Matt Damon. A tough U.S. Marshal helps a stubborn young woman track down her father's murderer.
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SYNONYMS
(courage)
backbone, guts, mettle, moxie, spine, spunk
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"It takes incredible grit to compete in a triathlon race."
noun
- bravery and determination despite difficulty
- very small pieces of stone or sand
grits
- a dish of hominy grain (corn meal) eaten especially as a morning meal
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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Hollywood legend John Wayne, who won an Oscar for best actor in the 1949 western True Grit, showed a lot of grit off the screen as well. The liberal-minded Harvard University theatre - The Hasty Pudding - once honoured the conservative-thinking Wayne with their annual Hasty Pudding Award. Instead of a limousine, Wayne arrived in an army tank.
During a question and answer session, a woman in the crowd asked, "What do you think of women's liberation?" Wayne responded in typical fashion, "I think women's lib is fine, as long as they're home by six to cook my dinner."
In another exchange, a student asked, "Mr. Wayne, do you look at yourself as an American legend?" "Well," Wayne drily replied, "not being a Harvard man, I don't look at myself any more than necessary."
Film tip: True Grit, 2010 remake starring Jeff Bridges, Hailee Steinfeld and Matt Damon. A tough U.S. Marshal helps a stubborn young woman track down her father's murderer.
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SYNONYMS
(courage)
backbone, guts, mettle, moxie, spine, spunk
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"It takes incredible grit to compete in a triathlon race."
