Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä
KieliKäännökset
espanjacoger el toro por los cuernos, tomar el toro por los cuernos
hollantide koe bij de hoorns vatten
italiaprendere il toro per le corna
portugaliencarar de frente
puolazłapać byka za rogi
ranskaprendre le taureau par les cornes
ruotsita tjuren vid hornen
saksaden Stier an der Hörner packen
suomiottaa härkää sarvista
venäjäвзять быка за рога (vzjat byka za roga)

Määritelmät

Verbit

  1. (idiomatic) To deal with a matter in a direct manner, especially to confront a difficulty rather than avoid it.

Esimerkit

  • Wordsworth has a system which disposes him to take the bull by the horns and offend public taste.
  • "Then why couldn' ye take the bull by the horns an' march in by the front door?"
  • [H]e was ready to take the bull by the horns and pay for his meal himself.
  • In Korea General MacArthur took the bull by the horns and threw seven divisions into an all-out drive to clear North Korea.
  • "Should I tell her? Should I send someone else?" he said yesterday. "I took the bull by the horns. I gave her the diagnosis. It was the most difficult time of my life."

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