153. Nettle - Idioms - Nettle / Grasp the Nettle

Nettle : 쐐기풀, ~을 짜증나게 하다, ~을 화나게 하다

Grasp the Nettle (어렵거나 불편한 것을 하기 위해) 용기를 내다, 대담해 지다, 곤경에 선뜻 맞서다

 

It a plant that stings you

Stinging nettle

Be stung by stinging nettles

A plant of urtica family

 

To nettle means to irritate, to try to provoke sb

To vex, to bother

To upset, to rankle, to aggravate, to annoy

To ruffle one's feathers

Nettled by the comments

 

Grasp the nettle, to be brave and to do sth that is difficult or that is not pleasant

To act boldly

They are probably bad consequence in the short term, but you will have better long term consequence 

 

 

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