morder
bite.
The author examines why a deviant news story such as 'Man bites dog' is more memorable than 'Dog bites man'.
intentar morder
snap at
After the alligator snapped at one of them, the teenagers beat it to death with their snow shovels.
morder el polvo
bite + the dust
give up + the ghost
eat + humble pie
eat + crow
eat + dirt
be kaput
The article 'Interchange bites the dust' comments on the decision by AT&T to abandon the Interchange online service technology.
This article examines one such example, Cherrie Moraga's 'Giving Up the Ghost' where, for the first time, the issue of Chicana lesbian sexuality is addressed on the stage.
I will have to eat humble pie and face humiliation though but I was good at the job and wish I could turn the clock back.
You who carped that the 007 films had devolved into a catalog of fresh gadgets and stale puns, eat crow.
He walloped Bud, tore his shirt, and made him eat dirt.
I had a mechanic chap take a gander earlier on and he said it's possible the pedal itself is kaput, as in there's something fishy going on with the mechanics of it.
morder la mano del que + dar de comer
bite + the hand that feeds + Pronombre
Moreover, it frees them from the fear that if they rattle the cages of city authorities they will be accused of biting the hand that feeds them.
morderse el labio
bite + Posesivo + lip
And so, over and over again, in public and right on cue, he wiped away a tear, bit his lip, and said how remorseful he felt.
morderse la lengua [Controlarse a la hora de decir algo]
stay + Posesivo + tongue
hold + Posesivo + tongue
bite + Posesivo + tongue
bite + Posesivo + lip
pull + Posesivo + punches
But she stayed her tongue, and said instead: 'I don't have the materials I need to do the kind of work they want done'.
The article is entitled 'Hold Your Tongue: Bilingualism and the Politics of 'English Only''.
I've been trying to bite my tounge and let him do things his own way.
And so, over and over again, in public and right on cue, he wiped away a tear, bit his lip, and said how remorseful he felt.
She never pulled her punches; she called a spade a spade; and she kept a lot of her anarchism to the end.
morderse las uñas
bite + Posesivo + fingers
bite + Posesivo + fingernails
I have been reading his post for a long time and I have been biting my fingers to keep from basting him.
Darling was described as one of the most nervous first-class cricketers, often biting his fingernails before he went out to bat.
mordiéndose las uñas
on tenterhooks
Homeowners are on tenterhooks today waiting for banks to announce if they are raising interest rates again.
no morderse la lengua
call + a spade a spade
not to hold any punches
It's about time that people stopped tip-toeing around issues regarding people's identity and called a spade a spade.
He doesn't hold any punches and likes to tell it like it is.
