🐂 Bull
"Lock horns"
Meaning
To argue or fight strongly.
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
The two brothers locked horns over who would use the bicycle.
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Which idiom means...
To argue or fight strongly.
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"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.
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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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"Take the bull by the horns"
To face a difficult problem directly.