Of
bullets and horns
(A
selection from David Tuggy’s blooper collection)
There are many ways to take a bullish attitude towards life. You can:
- take the bull into your own hands
- take the bull by the hands
- take the bull by the balls
- take the ball by the horn
- take the bull by the horns and run with it
- take the bull into your own horns
- take the bullet by the horns
- take the bull by the reins
- take the bite by the teeth
- bite the ballet
- bite the bull by the horns.
Taking the bullet by the horns
In a somewhat less ebullient mood, you might be forced to:
- sweat the bullets
- jump the bullet
- sidestep a bullet
- duck the landmines
- swallow a bullet
- buy the bullet
- buy the bucket, or
- bite the bucket.
Oh well, just as long as you
- don’t bite the hand of the ox that feeds you.
