| 单词 | bite the dust |
| 释义 | bite the dust in British English dust (sense 11) See full dictionary entry for bitebite the dust in British Englisha. to fail completely or cease to exist b. to fall down dead bite the dust in American English Informal to die, esp. in battle bite the dustto fail or to stop existing There are thousands of restaurants in and around London. Some make big money. Mostbreak even, and quite a few have bitten the dust. to die. This expression is used to refer to someone's death in a humorous way. The climax of most Westerns comes when the villain bites the dust. Synonyms of 'bite the dust'fail, flop, fall through, be unsuccessful die, expire, perish, pass away More Synonyms of bite the dust 1 (idiom) Definition to stop functioning Her first marriage bit the dust because of irreconcilable differences. Synonyms fail He was afraid the revolution they had started would fail. flop (informal) The film flopped badly at the box office. fall through The deal fell through. be unsuccessful go down founder The talks have foundered. fall flat come to nothing fizzle out (informal) come unstuck run aground come to grief So many marriages have come to grief over lack of money. come a cropper (informal) go up in smoke go belly-up (slang) come to naught not make the grade (informal) meet with disaster 2 (idiom) Definition to fall down dead Synonyms die His grandfather died last year. expire He expired in excruciating agony. perish the ferry disaster in which 193 passengers perished pass away drop dead fall in battle Additional synonymsin the sense of come to grief Definition to have an unfortunate or unsuccessful end or outcome So many marriages have come to grief over lack of money. Synonyms fail, founder, break down, come unstuck, miscarry, fall flat on your face, meet with disaster in the sense of expire Definition to die He expired in excruciating agony. Synonyms die, decease, depart, buy it (US, slang), check out (US, slang), perish, kick it (slang), croak (slang), go belly-up (slang), snuff it (informal), peg out (informal), kick the bucket (informal), peg it (informal), depart this life, meet your maker, cark it (Australian, New Zealand, slang), pop your clogs (informal), pass away or on in the sense of fall through Definition to fail before completion The deal fell through. Synonyms fail, be unsuccessful, come to nothing, fizzle out (informal), miscarry, go awry, go by the board Nearby words of |
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