grab life by the balls

English

Verb

grab life by the balls (third-person singular simple present grabs life by the balls, present participle grabbing life by the balls, simple past and past participle grabbed life by the balls)

  1. (idiomatic) Synonym of take the bull by the horns.
    • 1979, Mayer, Nancy, The Male Mid-life Crisis : Fresh Starts after Forty‎[1]:
      "When a man in his middle years starts asking, 'Can I really be that other person I always thought I could?' […] some men just grab life by the balls and say, 'Of course! Why not?' They are the ones who have the vigor and confidence and aggressivity to start entirely new lives for themselves.
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