Direction: In the following question four alternatives are given for the meaning of the given Idiom/Phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of Idiom/Phrase. To bite the dust
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Direction: In the following question four alternatives are given for the meaning of the given Idiom/Phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of Idiom/Phrase.
To bite the dust
- eat voraciously
- have nothing to eat
- eat roots
- be destroyed
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D - be destroyed
"To bite the dust" means to be killed, defeated or destroyed, that is, to come to an end. The idiom has nothing to do with eating, so the meanings about eating greedily, having nothing to eat or eating roots read it literally and are wrong.
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