bite i gresset
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Alternative forms edit
- bite i graset (juxtaposed Bokmål spelling, sole option in Nynorsk)
Etymology edit
Literally "bite the grass", in the sense of biting the grass in one's death struggle
Verb edit
- (idiomatic, euphemistic) to bite the dust, to die
- Etter en voldsom duell bet han i gresset.
- After a violent duel he bit the dust.
- (idiomatic) to lose
- Han bet i gresset for sin erkefiende.
- He bit the dust [lost] to his arch-enemy.
References edit
- Ordnett.no
- i gresset “bite i gresset” in The Bokmål Dictionary.