to bite the dust
[短语]
to die or no longer exist
Ex: The ambitious business venture bit the dust due to a lack of funding and support .
(of a person, animal, or plant) certainly not alive or in existence any longer
to put the body of a person who has died in a tomb or grave during a funeral
to complete one's unfinished business, such as clearing debts, etc., especially because one is about to die
to lose one's life
Ex: In her final moments , the hospice nurse reassured the terminally ill patient that he would get his ticket punched, finding peace in the afterlife .
to be expected to die soon because of a serious illness, terrible accident, etc.

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