grab the bull by the horns

(proverb) deal strongly with a difficult situation

Example Sentences:

A: What did you do when you lost your job?
B: I grabbed the bull by the horns and opened my own business. Now I’m a multi-millionnaire!

Now that her children are grown up, Maria is going to grab the bull by the horns and go to University.

A: I heard your boyfriend broke up with you.
B: Yeah.
A: What are you going to do?
B: I’m grabbing the bull by the horns and going clubbing tonight.

From the Blogs:

Don’t grab a bull by its horns

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Similar idioms:

1. take the bull by the horns
2. a bull in a china shop
3. grab a bite
4. grab something
5. feel like a million dollars
6. grab a bite to eat
7. grab-assing