Redewendung: etwas Unangenehmes tun, weil es nicht anders geht.
An idiom: to do something unpleasant because there's no other way.
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Ich muss wohl in den sauren Apfel beißen und die Strafe zahlen. — I suppose I'll have to bite the bullet and pay the fine.
Irgendwann beißt man in den sauren Apfel. — At some point you bite the bullet.
Sie hat in den sauren Apfel gebissen und ist umgezogen. — She bit the bullet and moved.
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