take the bull by the horns

Verb

 * 1)  To deal with a matter in a direct manner, especially to confront a difficulty rather than avoid it.

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 打蛇打七寸
 * Czech: jít na to rovnou, popadnout býka rovnou za rohy
 * Danish: tage tyren ved hornene
 * Dutch: de koe bij de hoorns vatten (lit. take the cow by the horns)
 * Esperanto: preni la bovon per la kornoj, rekte alfronti problemon
 * Finnish: ottaa härkää sarvista
 * French:
 * German: den Stier bei den Hörnen packen; den Stier an den Hörnen fassen
 * Italian: prendere il toro per le corna
 * Maori: kua eke te waka ki te au moana (lit. the boat has reached the open sea)
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: ta tyren ved horna
 * Polish: złapać byka za rogi
 * Portuguese: encarar de frente
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: coger el toro por los cuernos
 * Swedish: