(figuratively, informal) to take the bull by the horns, to grasp the nettle

(figuratively) to lead by the nose

to fight fire with fire

(informal, figuratively) to push up daisies

Alternative form of manger les pissenlits par la racine

(transitive with à) (informal) to get up someone's nose, to exasperate

to scrape by, to live from hand to mouth, to feel the pinch, to have trouble to make ends meet, not to have enough to live

the fish rots from the head

to fight fire with fire; to cure like with like / to take a hair of the dog that bit you

Obsolete spelling of tirer le diable par la queue