bite the biscuit

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To die. slang
    — David Scott . . . admits he "nearly bit the biscuit," during a 1985 trip to Kluane National Park in the Yukon. Scott was crossing a chest-deep river with a racing current, when he slipped. The near-freezing water whisked him away.
  2. To undertake an unpleasant task or to acknowledge an unfavorable situation or responsibility; bite the bullet. idiomatic
    — Weibe, who fought the effects of allergy medicine and a winless streak since the Hardee's Golf Classic (1986), had to bite the biscuit and settle for second place.

词形变化

bites the biscuit present,singular,third-person biting the biscuit participle,present bit the biscuit past bitten the biscuit participle,past
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