bite the bullet

Значение

to make yourself do something unpleasant you have been avoiding

Заставить себя сделать неприятное, что откладывал.

Примеры

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?

Грамматика

Меняется только bite: bites, biting, bit, bitten. Неприятное дело часто называют после and с глаголом.

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