bite the big one

== English == === Pronunciation === === Verb === bite the big one (third-person singular simple present bites the big one, present participle biting the big one, simple past bit the big one, past participle bitten the big one) (slang) To die. Synonyms: bite the dust, buy the farm, buy the big one, kick the bucket; see also Thesaurus: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. (slang) To perform fellatio. === References === Richard A. Spears (1990), “bite the big one”, in Forbidden American English, Passport Books, →ISBN, page 19