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To get something unpleasant over with because it is necessary to do so. (To bite the bullet in a scenario is to perform the task regardless of its impact). 因為必須做，所以就咬牙做了，不論有多困難多不想做。

English in the News--Bite the Bullet 咬緊牙關

To get something unpleasant over with because it is necessary to do so. (To bite the bullet in a scenario is to perform the task regardless of its impact). 咬牙決心去做某件事，不論它有多困難或是影響有多大，因為必須做。

English in the News--Bite the Bullet 咬緊牙關，硬著頭皮

If someone steals your thunder, they do something that stops you from getting attention or praise, often by doing something better or more exciting than you, or by doing what you had intended to do before you can do it. 若是有人搶了你的鋒頭，意思是害你得不到原先想要的注意或是讚賞，因為別人做的事比你更精采。

English in the News--Steal One's Thunder 搶了別人鋒頭(風采)

不論天崩地裂，無論發生何事
This is used to say that something will definitely happen or be done even though other events or situation might make it difficult. It means one is determined to get it done no matter what.

English in the News--Come Hell or High Water 不論天崩地裂

扔一記曲球; 突然給人難題 to surprise someone with something that’s difficult or unpleasant to deal with

Run Out of Superlatives

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