Since B A Start appears to have become an etymology blog, can anyone tell me if the idiom “bite the dust” existed anytime between The Iliad and Queen?
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Since B A Start appears to have become an etymology blog, can anyone tell me if the idiom “bite the dust” existed anytime between The Iliad and Queen?
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http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/65500.html
I think it was brought back by old westerns before Freddy Mercury kicked it up a notch.
I saw it in a Droopy cartoon once. Was that before Homer?