ins Gras beißen
to bite the dust; to die
Origin
An old image for dying, already in ancient poetry: the warrior falling in battle bites the earth or the grass as he dies; attested in German for centuries.
Building blocks
Words in this expression
beißen· to bitedas Ende· endder Film· filmdas Gras· grassder Held· heroins· into theleider· unfortunately
Grammar that uses this word
- Pronoun 'ich' (I, nominative)Pronomen 'ich' (Nominativ)
- Pronoun 'er' (he/it, nominative)Pronomen 'er' (Nominativ)
- Pronoun 'wir' (we, nominative)Pronomen 'wir' (Nominativ)
- Pronoun 'ihr' (you all, informal, nominative)Pronomen 'ihr' (Nominativ)
- Genitive preposition 'infolge' (as a result of)Genitivpräposition 'infolge'
- Literary participial constructionsLiterarische Partizipialkonstruktionen
Examples
Im muss am der .
Sadly, in the film the hero has to bite the dust in the end.