to bite the bullet
çekim: geçmiş biss in den sauren Apfel · ortaç in den sauren Apfel gebissen · şimdiki beißt in den sauren Apfel · ulaç in den sauren Apfel beißend
eş: eine Kröte schlucken, die bittere Pille schlucken
köken: Literally, “to bite into the sour apple”.
to go to Canossa; make amends, to mend one's ways, to eat humble pie, eat crow
köken: From Canossa, the place where Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor, did penance to reverse his excommunication.
to pull oneself together
çekim: geçmiş hice de tripas corazón · ortaç hecho de tripas corazón
eş: aguantar la pela
köken: Literally, “to make a heart out of guts”. Compare Portuguese fazer das tripas coração.
to bite the bullet (do or face up to something unpleasant (and unavoidable))
çekim: geçmiş bet i det sura äpplet
köken: Literally, "bite into the sour apple."
Båten var för trasig helt enkelt, så vi bestämde oss för att bita i det sura äpplet och bryta loppet
Det är inget att göra åt. Det är bara att bita i det sura äpplet.
De fick bita i det sura äpplet
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 swallow one's pride (and humbly do as one is told or supposed to do)
köken: Literally, “to take the spoon into the beautiful hand”; calque of Swedish ta skeden i vacker hand
do something you don't feel like doing.
köken: Compare Swedish bita i det sura äpplet.
to have to accept something negative; to have to put up with something embittering