lenyeli a békát

/ˈlɛɲɛli ɒ ˈbeːkaːt/
MACARCA → TR

Tanım

•to swallow a bitter pill, bite the bullet (to accept or endure an unpleasant reality)

Etimoloji

lenyel (“to swallow, to gulp down”) + -i (personal suffix) + a (“the”) + béka (“frog”) + -t (accusative suffix), literally “to swallow the frog”. Compare German eine Kröte schlucken, Portuguese engolir sapo.