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skin the bear at once
skin the bear at once
To address an issue directly. Primarily heard in US. A: "Jen means well, but she can be a little blunt." B: "Yeah, she tends to skin the bear at once." This is a big problem to tackle, so let's skin the bear at once, gentlemen—there's no time to waste.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Dulcinea | | - | Literature |
Darina (2) | | - | Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian |
Dileep | | - | Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu |
Bikendi | | - | Basque |
Janene | | jə-NEEN | English |
Sofija | | - | Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Lithuanian, Latvian |