bite the bullet

Nghĩa (Tiếng Anh)

  1. (idiomatic) To accept a negative aspect of a situation in order to proceed.
  2. To accept an undesirable or counterintuitive implication of an argument or view.

Từ đồng nghĩa

swallow the bitter pill

grit one’s teeth

force oneself to

Bản dịch

avaler la pilule

die bittere Pille schlucken

in den sauren Apfel beissen

se faire violence

avaler un crapaud

über den eigenen Schatten springen

Từ nguyên (Tiếng Anh)

Possibly from the reported practice of soldiers biting a bullet to avoid crying out in pain, usually during a medical procedure or punishment. See the Wikipedia article Bite the bullet for a further discussion of possible etymologies.

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