An Idiom/Expression a Day Bite The Bullet

Get your teeth into this English expression which describes doing something that's difficult but necessary. 

This is an English expression that involves bullets but is not dangerous :)

This phrase describes situations where you have to do something unpleasant but can't be avoided. When someone bites the bullet, they are forced to do, or accept that they have to do something difficult or unpleasant. 

For example: If I am going to get fit, I will have to bite the bullet and start going to the gym. 

The origin? The most well known is that before there were anesthetics and soldiers had to endure painful procedures during the war, they would bite a bullet to distract them from the pain and keep them from biting their tongue or screaming.

To bite the bullet means to face a hardship straight on, to bear something either physically or psychologically painful with bravery. 

The accused man bit the bullet as the judge handed down his sentence. 

The phrase is used to tell people to stop being weak and do what they are afraid to do.

If someone is nervous about going to the dentist but later acquires a terribly painful toothache, he/she is going to need to bite the bullet and visit the dentist. 

Another example: Come on, bite the bullet. You know you need to tell Kodjo how you feel.