今天我打算虎口拔牙，单刀直入地对他说他被解雇了。

Today I'm going to take the bull by the horns and tell him he's fired.

这个策略是危险的，就像“虎口拔牙":你不断有些小收获，但最终是被老虎吞掉。

Such a strategy has its dangers. It has been likened to “picking up nickels in front of steamrollers”: you have a long run of small gains but eventually get squashed.

萝丝：那倒是真的，不过我认识的也不多。尝试像那种危险的特技简直就是虎口拔牙，找死嘛！

Rose: that's true, but I don't know very many. Trying dangerous tricks like that is really taking the bear by the tooth.