2015年5月23日 星期六

head, head-on, take the bull by the horns,


FREE Outdoor Film Festival - 3rd June, 7pm - Late
Whether you’ve finished your exams or need a break from revision, come join us for some of your favourite films in the open air.
It’s free to attend and you get to choose what we show. Simply head online to take part in the poll.
We’ll be in The Amphitheatre (aka the University of Essex Students' Union Secret Garden); outside The Limehouse and behind Happy Days, come rain or shine. Bring cushions, blankets, snacks and drinks.


Haiti's Cholera Crisis

The United Nations and the international community have a responsibility to meet the crisis head-on. There are pledges to fulfill, dollars to deliver and lives to save.


After seating themselves, the stranger said he was part owner in a gold mine in California, and explained that there had been a dispute about its ownership and that the conference of partners broke up in quarreling. The stranger said he had left, threatening he would take the bull by the horns and begin legal proceedings. "The next morning I went to the meeting and told them I had turned over Josh Billing's almanac that morning and the lesson for the day was: 'When you take the bull by the horns, take him by the tail; you can get a better hold and let go when you've a mind to.' We laughed and laughed and felt that was good sense. We took your advice, settled, and parted good friends. Some one moved that five thousand dollars be given Josh, and as I was coming East they appointed me treasurer and I promised to hand it over. There it is."



take the bull by the horns

Confront a problem head-on, as in We'll have to take the bull by the horns and tackle the Medicare question. This term most likely alludes to grasping a safely tethered bull, not one the matador is fighting in the ring. [c. 1800]

 head-on
 (hĕd'ŏn', -ôn')
adv.
  1. With the head or front first: The cars crashed head-on.
  2. In open conflict; in direct opposition: "I have wondered since whether it would have been wiser to meet the issue head-on" (Henry A. Kissinger).
adj.
  1. Facing forward; frontal.
  2. With the front end foremost: a head-on collision.



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verb

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1Be in the leading position on:the St George’s Day procession was headed by the mayor
1.1Be in charge of:an organizational unit headed by a line managershe headed up the Jubilee Year programme
2Give a title or caption to:an article headed ‘The Protection of Human Life’
3[NO OBJECT, WITH ADVERBIAL OF DIRECTION] (also be headed)Move in a specified direction:he was heading for the exitwe were headed in the wrong direction
3.1(head for) Appear to be moving inevitably towards (something, especially something undesirable):the economy is heading for recession
3.2[WITH OBJECT AND ADVERBIAL OF DIRECTION] Direct or steer in a specified direction:she headed the car towards them
4Soccer Shoot or pass (the ball) with the head:corner kick that Moody headed into the net
5Lop off the upper part or branches of (a plant or tree):the willow is headed every three or four years

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