Take : v.tr. To put in his hand (to have with oneself, to move from one place to another, to be able to use, to hold).
Take the Taurus by the horns: facing difficulties rather than fleeing them; start a deal from the more difficult side.
Take cow and veal : marry a daughter-mother and recognize the child.
Take your coffee: laugh, make fun.
Take his coffee at someone's expense: make fun of him by word or by deed.
Take an eleven o'clock broth: drown, poison yourself.
Take panties: get drunk.
Take fruit: bite the apple, make love.
Mayonnaise takes: it is a pictorial expression to say that things are taking a favorable turn.