bite the dust

Verb

 * 1)  To die.
 * 2) * 1900, Samuel Butler, transl. The Odyssey, Book XXII., page 293
 * Ulysses killed Demoptolemus, Telemachus Euryades, Eumæus Elatus, while the stockman killed Pisander. These all bit the dust, and as the others drew back into a corner Ulysses and his men rushed forward and regained their spears by drawing them from the bodies of the dead
 * 1) * 1877, Frances Fuller Victor, Eleven years in the Rocky Mountains and a life on the frontier, Chapter IX, p. 156
 * Three more warriors bit the dust...
 * 1)  To quit, or fail.
 * My old backpack finally bit the dust the other day.
 * My old backpack finally bit the dust the other day.
 * My old backpack finally bit the dust the other day.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:die

Translations

 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: bide i graesset
 * Dutch: in het zand bijten
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, ,  ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ὀδὰξ αἱρέω οὖδας, ὀδὰξ αἱρέω γαῖαν, ὀδὰξ λάζομαι γαῖαν
 * Interlingua: morder le pulvere
 * Italian: mordere la terra, tirare le cuoia
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, bite i graset
 * Nynorsk: bite i graset
 * Polish:, spaść z rowerka
 * Portuguese: ir desta para a melhor
 * Romanian: da colțul
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: morder la tierra, morder el polvo
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: మట్టి కరుచు
 * Turkish:, , dünyaya gözlerini yummak,


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 吃灰
 * Czech: rozbít se, dat kožu
 * Finnish: sanoa sopimuksensa irti
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Hindi: धूल चाटना
 * Interlingua: morder le pulvere
 * Italian: mangiare la polvere,, essere sconfitto
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, bite i graset
 * Nynorsk: bite i graset
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: morder el polvo
 * Swedish: