grab life by the throat

English

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) Synonym of take the bull by the horns.
    • 1961, Dorothy Mallett Slusser, At the Foot of the Mountain; Stories from the Book of Exodus‎[1]:
      Pharaoh started running to prove to the forces that surrounded his life that he could grab life by the throat and shape it to his own desire.
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