| Idiom | Meaning | Example |
| bitch |
complain, grouse
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He tells me I'm always bitching, but I don't complain very much.
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| bitch [B] |
(See a bitch)
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| bite me [B] |
I have no respect for you, kiss off, blow me
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"Bite me! Take your list of whores and live with them!"
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| bite off more than you can chew |
begin more tasks than you can complete
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When I took the night class, I bit off more than I could chew.
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| bite the bullet |
try harder, be tougher
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Bite the bullet during exam week. Don't party; just study.
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| bite the dust |
die, quit, lose, kick the bucket
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Pete was 98 when he bit the dust. He lived for nearly a century.
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| bite the hand that feeds you |
be unkind to the one who cares for you or pays you
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If you criticize your employer, you bite the hand that feeds you.
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| bite your tongue |
do not say that, you should not have said that
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When I mention Dad's temper Mom says, "Bite your tongue."
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| biter (curling) |
a rock that is touching the twelve-foot circle
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The Heidt rink is lying four - one is a biter.
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| bits and pieces |
small pieces, odds and ends
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Jack built our cabin with bits and pieces - leftover materials.
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