"Biting the bullet" is a metaphor which is used to describe a situation, often a debate, where one accepts an inevitable impending hardship or hard-to-refute point, and then endures the resulting pain with fortitude. The phrase (as "bite on the bullet") was first recorded by Rudyard Kipling in his 1891 novel The Light that Failed.Bite the bullet. Phrases.org.uk. Retrieved on 2019-03-20. It has been suggested that it is derived historically from the practice of having a patient clench... more
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