| 单词 | bite the bullet |
| 释义 | bite the bullet in British Englishto face up to (pain, trouble, etc) with fortitude; be stoical bite the bullet in British English bite (sense 14) See full dictionary entry for bulletbite the bullet in American English Informal to confront a painful situation with fortitude or stoicism from an earlier practice of having the patient bite on a bullet during battlefieldsurgery when no anesthetic was available bite the bulletto accept a difficult or unpleasant situation The same stressful event might make one person utterly miserable, while another willbite the bullet and make the best of it. Synonyms of 'bite the bullet'grasp the nettle More Synonyms of bite the bullet (idiom) Tour operators may be forced to bite the bullet and cut prices. Synonyms grasp the nettle Nearby words of |
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