English Dictionary

bite the biscuit

verb

(slang) To die. / (idiomatic) To undertake an unpleasant task or to acknowledge an unfavorable situation or responsibility.

He bit the biscuit after a long battle with cancer.

意味（1）

(slang) To die.

David Scott . . . admits he nearly bit the biscuit, during a 1985 trip to Kluane National Park in the Yukon. Scott was crossing a chest-deep river with a racing current, when he slipped. The near-freezing water whisked him away.

意味（2）

(idiomatic) To undertake an unpleasant task or to acknowledge an unfavorable situation or responsibility.

Weibe, who fought the effects of allergy medicine and a winless streak since the Hardee's Golf Classic (1986), had to bite the biscuit and settle for second place.