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Common idiom

Easy peasy...


Bite the bullet! But my answer comes with a follow up question where did the phrase come from? That is, what practice does this refer to?
 
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The clue for my follow up question.
Edit, the uncle Sam image did not upload before. My sincere apologies.


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Anti establishment?

Nope, but here is a hint: one could say those football players are taking a . . .
 
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Wild guess! Show card cut outs?

Nope, the hint is that it is a reason you might bite the bullet.

Oops, I need to edit it. Somehow one of my imagees did not upload.

It is fixed now
 
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Nope, the hint is that it is a reason you might bite the bullet.

Oops, I need to edit it. Somehow one of my imagees did not upload.

It is fixed now
Bees knees?

Oops - Sorry, attached to wrong post!
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Nope, but here is a hint: one could say those football players are taking a . . .
Dang conference calls got me side tracked...Transitus hit this one!
 
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Amputation

So the pot of what I assumed was cardamom was only in there as a red herring?
 
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So the pot of what I assumed was cardamom was only in there as a red herring?
That's mate (mah-tay)...common drink in central and south America. A bit like tea.

Still, that one had me totally scratching my head too