door de zure appel heen bijten (ww):
serrer les dents(en) face up to a difficult or disagreeable situation, and deal with it.
(en) accept or endure a negative aspect of a situation in order to proceed.., encaisser(en) accept or endure a negative aspect of a situation in order to proceed..
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