Labels:text | electronics | screenshot | display OCR: Phrase Craze! Page 41 * To bite the dust: end one's action or kill an enemy. This phrase, perhaps a surprise to many, appears in Homer's Iliad. In American the phrase is 'bite the dust' whereas in England the phrase is 'bite the ground or sand.' The phrase has always meant the same thing, to fail, not succeed or to foil an enemy. To see the handwriting on the wall: to see the forecast of the future, or a warning. The phrase is very old and some experts say it first appeared in print in the Old Testament of the Bible. When Belshazzar took the throne in Babylonia, Nebuchadnezzar declared a feast day and reportedly said: "(they) came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaster of the wall." * In one ear and out the other: leaving no impression whatso ...
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