another one bites the dust

English

Etymology

From a use-case of bite the dust, popularized by Queen in the song of the same title.

Interjection

another one bites the dust

  1. Another one (usually person) has fallen victim to a series of deaths or other eliminations from a context (implies an ongoing tragedy of loss after loss, often tongue-in-cheek).
    Their account was hacked too? Welp, another one bites the dust.
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