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to force yourself to perform an unpleasant or difficult action or to be brave in a difficult situation: I decided I had to bite the bullet and take a couple of math classes even though I knew they were hard.
Biting the bullet" is a metaphor which is used to describe a situation, often a debate, where one accepts an inevitable impending hardship or hard-to-refute point, and then endures the resulting pain with fortitude. The phrase (as "bite on the bullet") was first recorded by Rudyard Kipling in his 1891 novel The Light that Failed.
What's the meaning of the phrase 'Bite the bullet'? Accept the inevitable impending hardship and endure the resulting pain with fortitude. What's the origin of the phrase 'Bite the bullet'?
To do or accept something unpleasant, often after a period of hesitation. The phrase is thought to have come from the military, perhaps because biting a bullet was a common practice for patients, due to a lack of anesthesia.
to force yourself to do something unpleasant or difficult, or to be brave in a difficult situation: I hate going to the dentist, but I'll just have to bite the bullet. SMART Vocabulary: Verwandte Wörter und Ausdrücke. Brave and courageous.
To bite the bullet is to accept or confront a difficult situation with courage and stoicism; to accept the truth of a situation; to bravely pay the price of a bad situation; to force yourself to do something you dislike.
2. Juni 2024 · bite the bullet (third-person singular simple present bites the bullet, present participle biting the bullet, simple past bit the bullet, past participle bitten the bullet) ( idiomatic) To accept a negative aspect of a situation in order to proceed.
Bite the bullet. This expression means to steel oneself to perform or finish a task, often unpleasant, that one may have been avoiding or putting off and this figurative meaning dates from the 19th century. The meaning of the expression is not the problem but the origin certainly is.
Bite the Bullet Meaning. Definition: Do something unpleasant or uncomfortable. This idiom means that one must accept the inevitable hardship that may result from undertaking a difficult action. Despite this resulting pain, one must be strong and courageous and do what is necessary.
Vor 3 Tagen · to force oneself to perform a painful, difficult task or to endure an unpleasant situation. We'll just have to bite the bullet and pay higher taxes. See full dictionary entry for bullet. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.
