bear the brunt
verb
Roget 826:
be composed
etc.
adj..
laisser faire [Fr.],
laisser aller [Fr.];
take things easily,
take things as they come;
take it easy,
rub on,
live and let live;
take easily,
take cooly†,
take in good part;
aequam servare mentem [Lat.].
bear the brunt,
bear well;
go through,
support,
endure,
brave,
disregard.
tolerate,
suffer,
stand,
bide;
abide,
aby†;
bear with,
put up with,
take up with,
abide with;
acquiesce;
submit
etc.
(yield)
725;
submit with a good grace;
resign oneself to,
reconcile oneself to;
brook,
digest,
eat,
swallow,
pocket,
stomach.
make light of,
make the best of,
make 'a virtue of necessity'"
[Chaucer];
put a good face on,
keep one's countenance;
check
etc.
751;
check oneself.
compose,
appease
etc.
(moderate);
174;
propitiate;
repress
etc.
(restrain)
751;
render insensible
etc.
823;
overcome one's excitability,
allay one's excitability,
repress one's excitability
etc.
825;
master one's feelings.
make oneself easy;
make one's mind easy;
set one's mind at ease,
set one's mind at rest.
calm down,
cool down;
gentle;
thaw,
grow cool.
be borne,
be endured;
go down.
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Roget 704:
be difficult
etc.
adj.;
run one hard,
go against the grain,
try one's patience,
put one out;
put to one's shifts,
put to one's wit's end;
go hard with one,
try one;
pose,
perplex
etc.
(uncertain)
475;
bother,
nonplus,
gravel,
bring to a deadlock;
be impossible
etc.
471;
be in the way of
etc.
(hinder)
706.
meet with difficulties;
labor under difficulties;
get into difficulties;
plunge into difficulties;
struggle with difficulties;
contend with difficulties;
grapple with difficulties;
labor under a disadvantage;
be in difficulty
etc.
adj..
fish in troubled waters,
buffet the waves,
swim against the stream,
scud under bare poles.
Have much ado with,
have a hard time of it;
come to the push,
come to the pinch;
bear the brunt.
grope in the dark,
lose one's way,
weave a tangled web,
walk among eggs.
get into a scrape
etc.
n.;
bring a hornet's nest about one's ears;
be put to one's shifts;
flounder,
boggle,
struggle;
not know which way to turn
etc.
(uncertain)
475;
perdre son Latin [Fr.];
stick at,
stick in the mud,
stick fast;
come to a stand,
come to a standstill,
come to a deadlock;
hold the wolf by the ears,
hold the tiger by the tail.
render difficult
etc.
adj.;
enmesh,
encumber,
embarrass,
ravel,
entangle;
put a spoke in the wheel
etc.
(hinder)
706;
lead a pretty dance.
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Roget 717:
defend,
forfend,
fend;
shield,
screen,
shroud;
engarrison†;
fend round
etc.
(circumscribe)
229;
fence,
entrench,
intrench†;
guard
etc.
(keep safe)
664;
guard against;
take care of
etc.
(vigilance)
459;
bear harmless;
fend off,
keep off,
ward off,
beat off,
beat back;
hinder
etc.
706.
parry,
repel,
propugn†,
put to flight;
give a warm reception to [Iron.];
hold at bay,
keep at bay,
keep arm's length.
stand on the defensive,
act on the defensive;
show fight;
maintain one's ground,
stand one's ground;
stand by;
hold one's own;
bear the brunt,
stand the brunt;
fall back upon,
hold,
stand in the gap.
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