Nico - April 25 2016
“bite” idioms
1a. Would you like to get a bite to eat?
1b. Would you like to grab a bite to eat?
2. bite the bullet = 我慢する
It’s time to bite the bullet.
I'm just going to bite the bullet and pay my taxes in one payment.
3. Proverb: His bark is worse than his bite.
4. ~ bites. = ~ is bad.
That movie bites!
5. Classic idiom: to bite off more than you can chew
Ex: I bit off more than I could chew, when I agreed to translate this book.
Don’t bite off more than you can chew.
I think I bit off more than I could chew. = I agreed to try to do something that’s too difficult for me.
6. to bite sb’s head off = to get really angry at sb
The boss bit my head off for being late today.
OK! OK! I’m sorry! You don’t have to bite my head off!
7. Proverb: Don’t bite the hand that feeds you.
8. to bite one’s tongue
I disagreed with him, but I decided to just bite my tongue.
9. to bite the big one
Ex: He bit the big one. = He died.
10. to bite the dust = to die
Queen lyric: Another one bites the dust.
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