"Put on mettle" nghĩa là gì?

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"Put (one) on (one's) mettle" = Thử thách lòng dũng cảm/khí phách của ai.

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It put her on her mettle. All her life she was an independent woman, writing and injecting her own material into shows before women did that kind of thing.

"There's always something that does come along though to put you on your mettle. Last year, for the first time, we had a problem with Pearlwort. Not sure where it originated, but it might have come in via birds or footwear. It's a weed that's very difficult to see, a tufted little blighter that looks pretty much like a small fescue grass (cỏ đuôi trâu) to the naked eye. Even its little white flowers are hardly discernable. It popped up everywhere, on Centre and Number One courts and the club courts. It's things like this that keep you on your toes."

“What I try to do is get the very best out of every boy who becomes a member of the Crimson Tide team. I try to impress upon boys that I am fair and square with them; I never try to appeal to their sentiment, I never ask a boy to try to win a game for my sake, but on the other hand put him on his mettle to do his level best, and failing he feels the discomfort of not having done his duty, measuring up to the best that is in him. A coach gets or fails to get results on account of his ability to handle boys; he must inspire them with confidence and enthusiasm, which is far more important than his technical training.”

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