To catch the bull, grab its horns.とは 意味・読み方・使い方

get [have] cold feet

When the whistle goes, run!

If you capture a fox and try to befriend it, be careful.

She looks satisfied when she catches a cockroach.

Are you counting your chickens before they are hatched?

I seized my revolver, and covered the burglar with it.

have a bumpy ride

chicken out of jumping

make sad work of it

peek through [listen at] a keyhole

an intricate trap that entangles or ensnares its victim

come out of one's shell

fight hand to hand

As well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.

a mounted hunter who follows the hounds in pursuit of a fox

Please tell him never to come here [to the house] again, 《George》!

follow up a punch with a kick

give a person a bunk‐up

The early bird catches the worm.

gather way

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

You can't accomplish anything without taking a risk.

stand back

One haul of the net catches thousands of sardines.

The stag keeps the hounds at bay.

You may as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.

carry [have] a knapsack on one's back

bind (the edge of) a carpet

prize up [off] a lid

pry a lid up [off]