schizoidman@lemmy.ml to [Dormant] Electric Vehicles@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoBYD outsells Ford as Chinese auto brands make US rivals bite dust for first timeauto.hindustantimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up125arrow-down113file-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up112arrow-down1external-linkBYD outsells Ford as Chinese auto brands make US rivals bite dust for first timeauto.hindustantimes.comschizoidman@lemmy.ml to [Dormant] Electric Vehicles@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square6fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squareValenThyme@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-25 months agoyou shoot a man in a duel in the dirt road and he falls face first into the dust, you would say he ‘bit the dust’. ‘eat my dust’ is the variant for leaving someone behind you on the dirt road where they encounter the dust kicked up by your passage
minus-squareDudeImMacGyver@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoSure but that doesn’t really match with the situation (also, eat my dust is car related anyhow so it works on two levels)
you shoot a man in a duel in the dirt road and he falls face first into the dust, you would say he ‘bit the dust’.
‘eat my dust’ is the variant for leaving someone behind you on the dirt road where they encounter the dust kicked up by your passage
Sure but that doesn’t really match with the situation (also, eat my dust is car related anyhow so it works on two levels)