Question of the Day #1327

Take the bull by the horns!

From the headline of this article at ITS International.

  上記の文で、take the bull by the hornsの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "take the bull by the horns" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

恐れずに危険［難問］に立ち向かう◆【類】have [hold] the wolf by the ear

   

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

to deal with a difficult situation in a very direct or confident way

 

Examples

1. Why don't you take the bull by the horns and tell him to leave?
2. I took the bull by the horns and confronted him about his mistreatment of the workers.
3. "It's amazing how so many people can know about something that's so interesting but nobody takes the bull by the horns," she said. - Seattle Times, May 10, 2013
4. Instead of committing to a life where you’re being led, why not use this month to take the bull by the horns and start to go where you’re called to go? — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Nov. 2025
5. Instead, the real estate industry should take the bull by the horns and start redeveloping obsolete space. — Jan Mischke, Fortune, 20 July 2023

   

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