English
Verb
to take the bull by the horns
- idiom to confront a difficulty, rather than avoiding it
#:He took the bull by the horns and reprogrammed the entire mess.
Translations
Dutch: de koe bij de hoorns vatten (lit. take the cow by the horns)
Finnish: ottaa härkää sarvista
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Polish: złapać byka za rogi
Russian: взÑть быка за рога
Swedish: ta tjuren vid hornen
See also
''carpe diem
sieze the day
the world is your oyster
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