介绍:
1)Bite the bullet
-Jordan told the new trainee to bite the bullet when he found out his instructor would be the jerk.
-Alex told his colleague who was on the night shift for New Years Eve to bite the bullet, while everyone else partied
-Wesley was told to bite the bullet when he had to wait an hour for his girlfriend to get ready.
Definition: Accepting something difficult or unpleasant.
Etymology: During war, when you had to do a make-shift surgery. You would ask the soldier to bite down on a bullet.
2)Bust your chops
-Don&`&t bust my chops, I am stick of you teasing me
-Amy told her boss not to bust her chops for being late
-Stop busting my chops, I&`&ll get the report done.
Definition: To give someone a hard time.
Etymology: In the 1700s, the hair style of side burns, that looked like mutton chops on the face, were popular,so if you punched them, you would their chops
3) By the short hairs
-Mary had her husband by the short hairs
-Napoleon had the Spanish by the short hairs
-The Patent trolls lawyers had the small mom and pop shop by the short hairs.
Definition: Under one&`&s complete control
Etymology:
he Jungle Book, Rudyard Kipling. His short nonfiction story, The Drums of the Fore and Aft had this quote:
"They&`&ll shout and carry on like this for five minutes. Then they&`&ll rush in, and then we&`&ve got &`&em by the short hairs!"
It&`&s explained elsewhere in the story that the hair being pulled is the hair on the back of the neck.
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