bite the dust
быть побеждённым, пасть на поле боя, развалиться (о вещи)
Bill's boat was so old that it might bite the dust pretty soon.
Другие идиомы:
- bite the hand that feeds one
- bite off more than one can chew
- bite (someone's) head off
- bite one's tongue
- bite the hand that feeds (someone)
- bark is worse than one's bite
- bite one's nails
- bite the bullet
- back the wrong horse
- badger (someone)
- bark up the wrong tree
- best-laid plans of mice and men
- bet on the wrong horse
- black sheep of the family
- bright-eyed and bushy-tailed