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bite the dust
bite B0241300 (bīt)v. bit (bĭt), bit·ten (bĭt′n) or bit, bit·ing, bites v.tr.1. To cut, grip, or tear with or as if with the teeth.2. a. To pierce the skin of with the teeth, fangs, or mouthparts.b. To sting with a stinger.3. To cut into with or as if with a sharp instrument: The axe bit the log deeply.4. To grip, grab, or seize: bald treads that couldn't bite the icy road; bitten by a sudden desire to travel.5. To eat into; corrode.6. To cause to sting or be painful: cold that bites the skin; a conscience bitten by remorse.v.intr.1. To grip, cut into, or injure something with or as if with the teeth.2. To have a stinging effect.3. To have a sharp taste.4. To take or swallow bait.5. To be taken in by a ploy or deception: tried to sell the Brooklyn Bridge, but no one bit.6. Vulgar Slang To be highly disagreeable or annoying.n.1. The act of biting.2. A skin wound or puncture produced by an animal's teeth or mouthparts: the bite of an insect.3. a. A stinging or smarting sensation.b. An incisive, penetrating quality: the bite of satire.4. An amount removed by or as if by an act of biting: Rezoning took a bite out of the town's residential area.5. An excerpt or fragment taken from something larger, such as a film.6. a. An amount of food taken into the mouth at one time; a mouthful.b. Informal A light meal or snack.7. The act or an instance of taking bait: fished all day without a bite; an ad that got a few bites but no final sales.8. a. A secure grip or hold applied by a tool or machine upon a working surface.b. The part of a tool or machine that presses against and maintains a firm hold on a working surface.9. Dentistry The angle at which the upper and lower teeth meet; occlusion.10. The corrosive action of acid upon an etcher's metal plate.11. Slang An amount of money appropriated or withheld: trying to avoid the tax bite.Idioms: bite off more than (one) can chew To decide or agree to do more than one can finally accomplish. bite (someone's) head off To respond to a comment in an angry or reproachful way. bite the bullet Slang To face a painful situation bravely and stoically. bite the dust Slang 1. To fall dead, especially in combat.2. To be defeated.3. To come to an end. bite the hand that feeds (one) To repay generosity or kindness with ingratitude and injury.
[Middle English biten, from Old English bītan; see bheid- in Indo-European roots.]
bit′a·ble, bite′a·ble adj.bit′er n.bite the dustTo be defeated, ended, or be killed; from the idea of a wounded person falling face down on the ground.Translationsbite (bait) – past tense bit (bit) : past participle bitten (ˈbitn) – verb to seize, grasp or tear (something) with the teeth or jaws. The dog bit his leg; He was bitten by a mosquito. 咬 咬 noun1. an act of biting or the piece or place bitten. a bite from the apple; a mosquito bite. 咬 咬2. the nibble of a fish on the end of one's line. I've been fishing for hours without a bite. 上釣 上钓ˈbiting adjective1. very cold and causing discomfort. a biting wind. 凜冽刺骨的 尖锐刺人的2. wounding or hurtful. a biting remark. 尖酸刻薄的 辛辣的，刺痛的 bite the dust to fail; to be unsuccessful. That's another scheme that's bitten the dust. 失敗 大败bite the dust
bite the dust1. slang Of a person, to die. We were so lucky to avoid that massive accident—we might have bitten the dust!2. slang Of a machine, to be near a complete breakdown or loss of functionality. Judging by all that noise coming from her car, I'm pretty sure it's about to bite the dust. I have to go buy a new blender because mine bit the dust today.3. slang To become unpopular or irrelevant. Sadly, it doesn't take long for the latest technological innovations to bite the dust.See also: bite, dustbite the dust 1. Sl. to die. A shot rang out, and another cowboy bit the dust. The soldier was too young to bite the dust. 2. Sl. to break; to fail; to give out. My old car finally bit the dust. This pen is out of ink and has bitten the dust.See also: bite, dustbite the dustSuffer defeat or death, as in The 1990 election saw both of our senators bite the dust. Although this expression was popularized by American Western films of the 1930s, in which either cowboys or Indians were thrown from their horses to the dusty ground, it originated much earlier. Tobias Smollett had it in Gil Blas (1750): "We made two of them bite the dust." See also: bite, dustbite the dust COMMON1. If something bites the dust, it fails or stops existing. With the news that milk chocolate can help cut cholesterol, yet another healthy eating fad bites the dust. Quite a few restaurants have bitten the dust recently.2. If someone bites the dust, they die. A Wild West showman nearly bit the dust when he blew himself up making blank bullets in his garden shed. Note: This expression is used to refer to someone's death in a humorous way. Note: In stories about the Wild West, cowboys were said to `bite the dust' when they were shot and fell off their horses. See also: bite, dustbite the dust 1 be killed. 2 fail. informalSee also: bite, dustbite the ˈdust (informal)
1 fail, or be defeated or destroyed: Thousands of small businesses bite the dust every year.
2 (humorous) dieSee also: bite, dustbite the dust1. tv. to die. A shot rang out, and another cowboy bit the dust. 2. tv. to break; to fail; to give out. My car finally bit the dust. See also: bite, dust bite the dust Slang 1. To fall dead, especially in combat.2. To be defeated.3. To come to an end.See also: bite, dustbite the dust, toTo be defeated or killed. The term became popular from American western films, in which cowboys and/or Indians frequently “bit the dust”—that is, were shot or shoved off their horses to the dusty ground. It became current in the late 1930s. However, the term occurs even earlier in William Cullen Bryant’s translation (1870) of Homer’s Iliad (“his fellow warriors . . . fall round him to the earth and bite the dust”) and it also is found in translations of Virgil’s Aeneid.See also: biteEncyclopediaSeebite |