<P> To "bite the bullet" is to endure a painful or otherwise unpleasant situation that is seen as unavoidable . The phrase was first recorded by Rudyard Kipling in his 1891 novel The Light that Failed . </P> <P> It was suggested by the movie Bite the Bullet that biting the bullet meant using a shell casing to cover an aching tooth, especially one that had been broken, and where a nerve is exposed . In the film, the slug was removed from the bullet, the cap was hit to expend that charge, and the casing was cut down to allow it to sit level with the other teeth . </P>

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