plural of non-biting midge

(slang) To die. / (slang) To break down; to be impossible to repair or not worth repairing. / (idiomatic) To perform poorly; to fail. / (slang) To be unpleasant or undesirable.

(idiomatic) To forcibly prevent oneself from speaking, especially in order to avoid saying something inappropriate or likely to cause a dispute.

Be patient and friendly toward people who are learning a new technology.

Spirillosis, or sodoku, transmitted by the gram-negative coiled rod Spirillum minus, found in Asia.

(medicine) a kind of fever caused by a tick bite

plural of frog-biting midge

A small insect in the family Corethrellidae (related to mosquitos) that feeds on the blood of frogs.

(historical) To express defiance by putting one's thumbnail into one's mouth and knocking it against the teeth.

(vulgar, idiomatic) go away!; an expression of disdain or dismissal. / (vulgar, idiomatic) rejection or refusal to perform a requested action