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.
See also: bear, once, skin

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Dulcinea-Literature
Darina (2)-Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian
Dileep-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu
Bikendi-Basque
Janenejə-NEENEnglish
Sofija-Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Lithuanian, Latvian