BITETHEDUST

A BITETHEDUST is an english idiom lexeme that represents an english termination idiom meaning to die, fail, or come to an end.

• AKA: BITE_THE_DUST, DUST_BITING, BITTEN_THE_DUST.
• Context:
  • It can typically express English Death or english failure in informal contexts.
  • It can often derive from English Military Imagery of fallen soldiers.
  • It can frequently apply to both English Animate Entitys and english inanimate objects.
  • It can usually convey English Finality without english reverence.
  • It can commonly appear in English Western Genre and english action narratives.
  • It can sometimes express English Mechanical Failure of english devices or english systems.
  • It can range from being a Literal BITETHEDUST Death to being a Metaphorical BITETHEDUST Failure, depending on its english referent type.
  • It can range from being a Serious BITETHEDUST Usage to being a Humorous BITETHEDUST Usage, depending on its english tone context.
  • It can range from being a Human BITETHEDUST Reference to being a Machine BITETHEDUST Reference, depending on its english subject type.
  • It can range from being a Sudden BITETHEDUST Event to being a Gradual BITETHEDUST Event, depending on its english temporal pattern.
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• Example(s):
  • "Another one bites the dust in the competition."
  • "My old computer finally bit the dust."
  • "Three more companies bit the dust this quarter."
  • "The villain bites the dust at the end."
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • "Come to life", which indicates english animation.
  • "Pull through", which suggests english survival.
  • Literal "bite dust" in english eating context.
  • BREAKTHEICE, which initiates english social interaction.
• See: English Idiomatic Expression, English Death Idiomatic Expression, KICKTHEBUCKET, English Termination Expression, English Failure Idiom, English Informal Euphemism, Western Genre Expression, English Colloquial Expression, Death Metaphor, Idiom Lexeme.

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