bite the biscuit

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil 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.”

2. fiil To undertake an unpleasant task or to acknowledge an unfavorable situation or responsibility; bite the bullet.

   “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.”