🐂 Bull
"Have a bull by the tail"
Meaning
To be involved in a difficult problem that is hard to control.
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
After agreeing to babysit five toddlers, I realized I had a bull by the tail.
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Which idiom means...
To be involved in a difficult problem that is hard to control.
More bull idioms
BullIdiom
"A bull in a china shop"
A person who is careless in a delicate situation.
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"Take the bull by the horns"
To face a difficult problem directly.
BullIdiom
"A cock-and-bull story"
A silly and unbelievable excuse.
BullIdiom
"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.