English Dictionary

bite the curb

動詞

口語 慣用表現

(colloquial, idiomatic) To be curb stomped. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bite, the, curb.

日本語の意味

（口語・慣用表現）極めて激しい暴力行為、または残虐な仕打ちを受けること

If you don't watch your back in that neighborhood, you might bite the curb.

あの辺りでは油断すると、縁石で踏みつけられることになるかもしれない。

意味（1）

(colloquial, idiomatic) To be curb stomped.

Watch out those crazy skinheads! They made someone bite the curb the other night.

意味（2）

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bite, the, curb.

Having someone bite the curb and kicking him in the back of the head is a painful way to kill someone. Often, as in the movie American History X, it is used as punishment for insubordinate blacks.

bites the curb （ present singular third-person ）

biting the curb （ participle present ）

bit the curb （ past ）

bitten the curb （ participle past ）