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Norwegian Bokmål
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 to his arch-enemy.
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