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New page: To '''''Bite the bullet''''' is to adjust to unpleasant circumstances: "The extreme drought is forcing everyone to '''bite the bullet''' and use less water." Historically, before [[anesthe...
To '''''Bite the bullet''''' is to adjust to unpleasant circumstances: "The extreme drought is forcing everyone to '''bite the bullet''' and use less water." Historically, before [[anesthesia]], surgeons operating on the wounded gave them a bullet to bite to help withstand the pain. Thus, idiomatically, when one '''bites the bullet''' they are preparing themselves to courageously suffer.
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