bite the dustinformal to die, fail, or be defeated 死;失败;被打败 Italy’s championship hopes eventually bit the dust. 意大利队夺冠的希望最后化为了泡影。
bite the dust• My old car's finally bitten the dust.• So what are you going to do, now that your favourite C64 action mag has bitten the dust?• The finale of Unforgiven is as much a tragedy for the survivors as for those who bite the dust.• Another good restaurant bites the dust -- end of story, right?• Half of all new restaurants bite the dust in the first year.• They bite the dust with lead in their bellies.
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