bitten the dust

• v. 倒下死去(一败涂地；受辱)

bitten the dust的用法和样例：

例句

1. On well, another good idea bites the dust.
   算了，又一个好主意失败了。
2. And another one bites the dust at Fox. Jamie Kellner, president of Fox Broadcasting and one of the first executives to join the6-year-old network, resigned yesterday. He becomes the fourth top Fox executive within a year to leave the network.
   福克斯公司又有一位败下阵来。柯尔尼－福克斯广播公司总裁，也是最早加入这于六年前成立的广播网的高层职员之一－昨天辞职。他是一年中第四位离开此一广播网的福克斯公司最高层职员。