bite i gresset

Norwegian Bokmål

Literally "bite the grass", in the sense of biting the grass in one's death struggle

bite i gresset

(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.

单词	bite i gresset
释义	bite i gresset Norwegian Bokmål Alternative forms bite i graset (juxtaposed Bokmål spelling, sole option in Nynorsk) Etymology Literally "bite the grass", in the sense of biting the grass in one's death struggle Verb bite i gresset (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 Ordnett.no “bite i gresset” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
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