Idiom trickery

[lettered]

Can you tell me what you mean when you say "bite the big one"?
And is it different from "bought the big one"?

Does either one mean to die? 'Cause. I need to make a fish joke.

Comments

[jgracio.livejournal.com]

According to Google it can mean that it sucks (it's bad), to die or to perform oral sex on a male, depending on the site.

So... err... *shrugs* :D

[tkp.livejournal.com]

I know! I've seen a bunch of different meanings! Thanks, though.

[skipthedemon.livejournal.com]

I've usually heard "bite the big one", jwhich ust is defintely a idiom for dying. "Going to the fish bowl in the sky" I think is my favorite fish death idiom.

[tkp.livejournal.com]

Going to the fish bowl in the sky

Dude! That's so perfect! Thank you!

[a2zmom.livejournal.com]

"Bought the big one" is dying. We don't bitwe big ones in my neck of the woods (unless we get lucky, but let's say no more about that.)

[tkp.livejournal.com]

It's funny you don't really use bite the big one. Um, except like that. I think it's generally idiomatic for "that sucked".

I'm going to try to dl bones! I can't believe I forgot. I was thinking about it all day. Then I had to be stupid and go out to dinner! oy!

[my_daroga]

My first instinct is that "bought the big one" is to die, and "bite the big one" is to suck (bad). As in, "that bites" vs. "he bought it last night in that alley."

[tkp.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think that's the general sense. Which is what I wanted! Thanks.

[rahirah]

To bite the big one is die. Or less frequently, to fail or be unpleasant in a spectacular way.

[tkp.livejournal.com]

This is what my slang dictionary said! But from all the people I've talked to today, "bite the big one" is either unheard of, or most often means "that sucked"--as in failed in a spectacular way. Huh. Idioms are weird. I can never quite figure out what some mean.

[alleynyc.livejournal.com]

I think they both mean to die.

[tkp.livejournal.com]

That's what my slang dictionary said. I thought so too but then I remembered how often people will say something that sucks bites the big ones. Thanks for your input!

And hi!

[pjgale.livejournal.com]

oooooohhhh! Read that you were writing a new spangel with hookers and warlords and sex? I must now start checking your lj obsessively. I do that! It's a problem.

[tkp.livejournal.com]

hahahaha! I bet you've been reading dovil's journal.

Um. I tend to work on a lot of ideas at the same time. I've had about 30,000 words of that AU A/S fic kicking around for a month or so, but it'll take me a while to finish it. Also, I have trouble finishing things. So um, don't hold your breath. If you watch the herald or something like that, it'll hopefully get linked so then you don't have to check my lj excessively. Unless you want to, of course! 'Cause I *like* to stalk some people's journals.

Um, but I'm glad you're interested!

[pjgale.livejournal.com]

I hope you don't mind that I friended you so I can do my obsessive checking thingy for your new spangel!

[tkp.livejournal.com]

Okay, cool, but like I said, there could be a very long delay. I write all kindsa other things, too, and they're closer to being finished, so if you're on here just for spangel you might be disappointed for a while.

But nice to have you!

[pjgale.livejournal.com]

Half the fun is finding something unexpectantly. I'll check out your other stuff too.