Hold your Head High
What it means
Carry yourself with dignity, particularly when other people expect you to be ashamed.
Where it comes from
Posture and status have been tangled in English for a long time, in haughty, condescending and looking down on someone. The instruction is to refuse the physical half of the humiliation.
The puzzle it came from
Hold your Head High was the answer to the Phrasicle of September 16, 2025. The clue read ____ your ____ ____, and the words came out of a grid where every neighbouring pair makes a two-word phrase.
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royal
family
dinner
plate
armor
birthday
wish
bone
head
master
smoke
house
hold
back
yard
sky
high
school
spirit
animal
Phrasicle: Hold your Head High