bite the biscuit: meaning & examples

Meanings:

• 1.

  American Englishinformal
  • To die or be defeated; a jocular or jocularly euphemistic variant of 'bite the dust' meaning to meet an end or suffer failure.

  Examples

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  • After years on the market, the once-popular brand finally bit the biscuit and disappeared.

    Después de años en el mercado, la marca antes popular finalmente desapareció.

  • The old laptop bit the biscuit during the presentation, forcing me to borrow a colleague’s device.

    La vieja laptop se apagó durante la presentación, obligándome a pedir prestado el dispositivo de un colega.

  • If that engine bites the biscuit, we’ll be stranded in the middle of nowhere.

    Si ese motor se rompe, nos quedaremos varados en medio de la nada.