grab life by the balls

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic)Synonym oftake 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 justgrab life by the ballsand 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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