Meanings (ES + gloss)
morder el polvo • morder la tierra
To die.
Three more warriors bit the dust...
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 h…
morder el polvo
To quit, or fail.
London calling, now don't look to us / Phony Beatlemania has bitten the dust
My old backpack finally bit the dust the other day.
Phrases