bit the dust
Met one's end
Bit the dust means died or failed completely.
The image is of falling face-first to the ground.
It applies to people Another cowboy bit the dust, machines My laptop finally bit the dust, or plans Our vacation plans bit the dust when the flights got canceled.
The phrase often carries a note of dark humor or casual dismissal.
- six feet underDead and buried
- dead and buriedEntirely finished, past recovery
- passed awayDied, said gently
- deceasedNo longer living
- perishedCeased living violently
bought the farm · expired · failed · crash and burn · succumbed · croaked · kick the bucket · pushing up daisies · game over · collapsed · conked · meet one's maker · fell · give up the ghost · demised · departed · crashed · down for the count
- Euphemismspass away, passed away, passed on, expecting, with child
- deathdead, deceased, corpse, mortality, demise
- brokenbroken, busted, broken down, out of order, not working
- financial ruinbankrupt, bankruptcy, bust, busted, broke
bit the dustsurvived
Remained alive through hardship
lived · pulled through · made it · came through · hung on
bit the dusttriumphed
Achieved decisive victory
won · prevailed · conquered · succeeded · carried the day
bit the dustheld up
Delayed or robbed
kept going · lasted · succeeded · thrived · flourished
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