bite the big one

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bite the big one (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 bites the big one，現在分詞 biting the big one，過去式 bit the big one，過去分詞 bitten the big one)

1. (俚語) 翘辫子，咽气
   • 1983, Susan Arnout, The Frozen Lady，頁號 397:

     "I thought all of dad's relatives bit the big one a long time ago."

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2. (俚語) 坏掉，报废
   • 1988, Barbara Hambly, The silicon mage，頁號 5:

     Whatever air-conditioning system the car had once possessed had bitten the big one years ago; ...

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3. (俗語) 表现差，失败
   • 1990, Norman Spinrad, Science fiction in the real world，頁號 183:

     Empire of the Sun was an enormous literary and commercial success in Britain but pretty much bit the Big One on its own in the United States.

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4. (俚語) 讨厌，烦人，令人不快
   • 1996, Stephen Kimball, Death duty，頁號 9:

     To Verdi, it bit the big one, but that was the way it worked.

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近义词

• (死)： bite the dust, buy the farm, kick the bucket，见Thesaurus:die