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It can go back to the story of Adam and Eve as once you have bitten the apple, biting it again makes no difference.
In more modern times, it seems to come from the game of bobbing for apples,, that you get only one chance to actually "bite the apple" and getting a second chance is unlikely.
This moved into a legal parlance as "you cannot have a second bite a the apple" meaning, once a sentence is made, getting another try is futile.
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What is the meaning of the phrase byte the dust?
The phrase, "bite the dust" originates from the biblical saying, "lick the dust." It means that something has died, or fallen into the dirt.
Is apple an abstract noun or concrete noun?
Concrete. (You can see it, feel it, bite it!)
What is the origin of bite your tongue?
Some say it was originally "Bide your tongue." Bide means to wait, to stay, and remain. This makes some sense, but it seems more reasonable that the phrase is literal. Biting your tongue extremely limits your ability to form words and to speak. So when someone tells you to bite your tongue it is because you should be stopped from saying something you may regret later.
Why is an apple a symbol of a teacher?
If you have ever seen the Twilight movie then you would know. Do you remember when Edward kicks the apple up for Bella and is holding it in that position with his hands. I think it means something alond=g those lines of " First Love".
Where does the phrase bite me come from?
It has no origin. It's a vulgarism, no doubt dreamed up by some nasty teenager to mean the equivalent insult of " kiss my rear end." This insult has spread and become popular among young American moderns, especially on the West Coast.
Why is a bite on sign of apple company's apple?
Because its there logo... Prehaps they wanted a bite!
What the Apple Inc logo?
A gray apple with a bite in it.
Razor in the apple?
There have been people who inserted razor blades into apples and then gave the apples to trick-or-treating children on Halloween. The children would bite into the innocent-looking apple and severely cut their mouths. The razor in the apple became a catch-phrase for something dangerous being hidden in an otherwise benign object, like "a wolf in sheep's clothing." This phenomenon was one of the reasons that parents now insist that their children who go trick-or-treating eat only the treats that come factory-wrapped. The phrase "Razor in the apple" means that there is something in the apple which makes your tongue feel like a razor. it could mean that the apple could not be a normal apple.
What is the past tense of the verb bite?
The past tense of bite is bit.I bite the apple. Present formI bit the apple. Past form
What does the symbol of the apple with a bite out of it stand for?
It is the logo for Apple Computers.
To cleave the apple?
To bite and rip off a piece of the apple!
Rainbow team bite the apple lyrics?
please, group Italo-Disco: Rainbow Team "Bite the Apple lyrics.
What is the theme in the world is an apple?
The apple represents right and wrong; like when you bite into an apple, you're choosing which side will you bite first. It represents the choices Mario made.
Bite don't know what it is what is it?
Bite into an apple - but an apple into your moothh and squeeze your jaws causing your teeth to sink into the apple, that is a bite. Or did you want to know the meaning of BYTE ? A BYTE is the basic unit of measurement of information storage in computer science.
What is the logo af apple company?
An apple with a bite out of it's side.
How do you bite an apple?
put your mouth on the apple and close your teeth together.
When a person takes a bite out of the apple do the apple mass stay the same?
No because now part of the apple is missing so the mass would be less. The total mass of the apple is not changed, but part of the mass is now in the biter's mouth.
