bite the dust

Verb

euphemistic idiomatic

(idiomatic, euphemistic) To die. / (idiomatic) To quit, or fail.

Japanese Meaning

死ぬ / 辞める、または失敗する

What is this buttons?

After battling illness for years, my grandfather finally bit the dust last spring.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

何年も病気と闘った末、祖父は昨春ついに亡くなりました。

Details

Sense（1）

(idiomatic, euphemistic) To die.

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 his men rushed forward and regained their spears by drawing them from the bodies of the dead

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