Tanım
•to clench one's teeth · to grit one's teeth (face up to a difficult or disagreeable situation and deal with it, endure), (sometimes) to hunker down
Diğer Dillerde
to grit one's teeth
çekim: geçmiş biss die Zähne zusammen · ortaç die Zähne zusammengebissen · şimdiki beißt die Zähne zusammen · ulaç die Zähne zusammenbeißend
to grit one's teeth, to bite the bullet
to grit one's teeth
çekim: geçmiş strétto i denti · ortaç strétto i denti
eş: tenere duro
köken: Literally, “to tighten the teeth”.
L'aria penetrava a forza nei polmoni ed erompeva in profondi gemiti che, neppure stringendo i denti, lui riusciva a trattenere.
to grit one's teeth (to face up to a difficult or disagreeable situation, and deal with it)
köken: Literally, “to clench [one's] teeth”.
to bite the bullet, grit one's teeth
köken: purra (“to bite”) + hammasta (“the tooth”)
Etimoloji
From bita (“bite”) + ihop (“together”), in the sense of clenching one's teeth.