🐂 Bull
"Take the bull by the horns"
Meaning
To face a difficult problem directly.
About the bull
Bulls are large, forceful, and associated with market trading, which is why their idioms describe stubbornness, aggression, or reckless charging ahead.
Example sentence
Instead of hiding from his homework, Leo took the bull by the horns and finished it before dinner.
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Which idiom means...
To face a difficult problem directly.
More bull idioms
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"A bull in a china shop"
A person who is careless in a delicate situation.
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"Have a bull by the tail"
To be involved in a difficult problem that is hard to control.
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"A cock-and-bull story"
A silly and unbelievable excuse.
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"Grasp the bull by the horns"
To face a difficult problem directly.
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"Lock horns"
To argue or fight strongly.
BullIdiom
"Take the bull by the horns"
To face a difficult problem directly.