take the bull by the horns: o que isso significa?

Imagine you've been working extra hours lately at the company you work for. One day, after spending hours of your day trying to solve a problem of a particular client, you finally find yourself ready to go back home and kick your feet up. But what happens as soon as you step outside of the building is completely unexpected. Your boss runs up to you in a hurry telling you to stay a little longer do do more paperwork. At first you think of confronting him and refusing to do anything else for that day, but then you decide to take the bull by the horns and get the job done.

When you take the bull by the horns, you forcefully attack a difficult situation. If you think of the expression in a literal way, it will make a lot of sense. A bull is what you see on the picture, an uncastrated male bovine animal. The horns are what they have attached onto their heads. Now imagine yourself taking a bull by the horns, exactly what is happening on the picture above actually. Everybody would agree that's such a determined and brave attitude. The same way imagine yourself handling a problem with the same liveliness. Even in a more idiomatic sense, keep that picture in your next for the next time you have the right context to use that expression. I don't remember the last time I confronted a problem head-on in such an intense way. What about you? Tell us your experiences down in the comment section!