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A bit from the Boom Chicago show I saw in Amsterdam around 2004: “The Dutch expression ‘bite the sour apple’ means the same thing as ‘bite the bullet’ - America
by MandieD 5y ago
A bit from the Boom Chicago show I saw in Amsterdam around 2004: “The Dutch expression ‘bite the sour apple’ means the same thing as ‘bite the bullet’ - Americans are obsessed with guns, and the Netherlands is full of shitty food.”
- IncRnd 5y ago> Americans are obsessed with guns, and the Netherlands is full of shitty food. "Bite the Bullet" is a phrase from an Englishman, Rudyard Kipling, in his first novel, "The Light That Failed". It's believed to have come from the other English idioms, "to bite the cartridge" and "chew a bullet", which date back to 1891 and at least 1796. [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bite_the_bullet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bite_the_bullet
- 9935c101ab17a66 5y agoWeird... As another commenter pointed out, the origin of 'bite the bullet' is not American at all. And 'biting the sour apple' doesn't imply an affinity for bad food (Apples are shitty? Really?). It's a metaphor about context necessitating action, not a celebration of consuming unpleasant foods.