bite the bullet

Etymology
Possibly from the reported practice of soldiers biting a bullet to avoid crying out in pain, usually during a medical procedure or punishment. See the Wikipedia article for a further discussion of possible etymologies.

Verb

 * 1)  To accept a negative aspect of a situation in order to proceed.
 * 2)  To accept an undesirable or counterintuitive implication of an argument or view.

Translations

 * Catalan: empassar-se el gripau
 * Danish: bide i det sure æble
 * Dutch: door de zure appel heen bijten
 * Finnish: purra hammasta
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian: ingoiare il rospo, fare buon viso a cattiva sorte
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish: zacisnąć zęby
 * Russian:, проглоти́ть го́рькую пилю́лю
 * Slovak: zaťať zuby
 * Swedish: