the biter bit
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Ellipsis of the biter (is) bit.
Noun[edit]
- (British) A hurt person who has hurt others in the past.
- 2018 July 6, Fiona Beckett, “Four wines that don't need to make a point”, in The Guardian[2], →ISSN:
- There was a bit of a Twitter storm recently after a bordeaux producer suggested that half the wine critics who rated the en primeur releases didn’t know their fundaments from their elbows. Well, fair enough, the biter bit and all that – chefs often have a go at restaurant critics, too.
Translations[edit]
a hurt person who has hurt others in the past — see also beat someone at their own game, turn the tables
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