Yes, but it’s not easy speaking with a bullet in your mouth.Įxactly! Peace and quiet. So, can I stop biting a bullet now, please? It describes having to do something unpleasant or difficult, but necessary. This is The English We Speak from BBC Learning English, and we’re talking about the expression ‘to bite the bullet’.
If you want to start dating Jitka you’re going to have to bite the bullet and ask her out! Behave bravely or stoically when facing pain or a difficult situation, as in If they want to cut the budget deficit, they are going to have to bite the bullet. If I’m going to get fit, I’ll have to bite the bullet and start going to the gym. I have a pile of work to finish, so I’m going to have to work all night – I guess I’ll have to bite the bullet. Let’s hear some examples of other people who have to bite the bullet… Sorry, Rob, I can’t understand you – but when someone ‘bites the bullet’, they are forced to do, or accept that they have to do something difficult or unpleasant. I didn’t force myself, you told me to do it! So, Rob, you are being brave and forcing yourself to do something unpleasant, but necessary. OK, Feifei! Here goes… Right, I am biting the bullet. Now, Rob, would you put it between your teeth please? Toy bullets – just to illustrate the point.īullets! What English expression mentions bullets?! This programme comes with a safety warning! It involves bullets – well, not real ones. That's because we are not able to record in our normal studios during the coronavirus outbreak. Hello! This is The English We Speak, I’m Feifei… This phrase describes situations where you have to do something unpleasant but can’t be avoided, and Rob is about to do just that to illustrate this for you! Transcript Learn an English expression that involves bullets but isn’t dangerous. English at Work (intermediate) Business.Tim's Pronunciation Workshop (intermediate) Pronunciation.
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Car drivers are biting the bullet after another rise in petrol prices.Ĭambridge Idioms Dictionary, 2nd ed. They decided to bite the bullet and pay the extra for the house they really wanted. Usage notes: When army doctors performed painful operations without drugs, they gave patients a bullet to put between their teeth. To make yourself do something or accept something difficult or unpleasant © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. Jim bit the bullet and accepted what he knew had to be. You are just going to have to bite the bullet and make the best of it. to accept something difficult and try to live with it. Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.īite the bullet Portuguese translation: Aguente firme.General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters.
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