bite the biscuit

Verb

slang idiomatic

(slang) To die. / (idiomatic) To undertake an unpleasant task or to acknowledge an unfavorable situation or responsibility.

Japanese Meaning

（スラング）死ぬ / （慣用表現）嫌な仕事を引き受ける、または不利な状況・責任を認める

What is this buttons?

We feared he might bite the biscuit during the storm.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

私たちは嵐の間に彼が亡くなるかもしれないと恐れていた。

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Sense（1）

(slang) To die.

David Scott . . . admits he "nearly bit the biscuit," during a 1985 trip to Kluane National Park in the Yukon. Scott was crossing a chest-deep river with a racing current, when he slipped. The near-freezing water whisked him away.

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Sense（2）

(idiomatic) To undertake an unpleasant task or to acknowledge an unfavorable situation or responsibility.

Weibe, who fought the effects of allergy medicine and a winless streak since the Hardee's Golf Classic (1986), had to bite the biscuit and settle for second place.

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bites the biscuit

（ present singular third-person ）

biting the biscuit

（ participle present ）

bit the biscuit

（ past ）

bitten the biscuit

（ participle past ）

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