bite the bullet

معنی

to make yourself do something unpleasant you have been avoiding

خود را به انجام کار ناخوشایندی که از آن طفره می‌رفته واداشتن.

مثال‌ها

1. 1I’d been avoiding the pile of bills for weeks, but on Sunday I bit the bullet and sorted them out.
2. 2We’ll have to bite the bullet and tell the landlord we’re moving out.
3. 3The boiler was ancient, so in January we bit the bullet and paid for a new one.
4. 4Tom kept putting off the difficult phone call, but in the end he had to bite the bullet.
5. 5Are you going to bite the bullet and ask your boss for a pay rise?

دستور زبان

فقط bite صرف می‌شود: bites، biting، bit، bitten. اغلب and همراه یک فعل، کار ناخوشایند را نام می‌برد.

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