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

[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.