ins Gras beißen

to bite the dust

Türkçe: pes etmek

Noun

Gras n.

Verb

beißen

Topic

Alltag und Redewendungen

In a sentence

Der alte Ritter biss nach tapferem Kampf ins Gras.

How it is used

Idiom for dying or failing spectacularly. Colloquial, often humorous. Use when a plan crashes or someone dies in a dramatic story. Learners often overuse it; reserve for vivid, informal speech.

Other verbs that go with Gras

This is the choice the collocation turns on.

• das Gras wachsen hörensomeone who pretends to notice everything, annoyingly

All collocations with Gras

Other collocations built on beißen

• in den sauren Apfel beißento bite the bullet/do something unpleasant
• sich auf die Lippe beißento bite one's lip
• sich auf die Zunge beißento bite its tongue