bite the bullet

Nghĩa

to make yourself do something unpleasant you have been avoiding

Ép mình làm việc khó chịu đã né tránh bấy lâu.

Ví dụ

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?

Ngữ pháp

Chỉ bite thay đổi: bites, biting, bit, bitten. Theo sau thường là and cộng một động từ, nêu việc khó chịu cần làm.

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