"Another One Bites the Dust"

Tue Mar 18 12:15:20 UTC 2003

Brewer's Dictionary of 20th Century Phrase and Fable (Cassell, 1991) has

"To bite the dust or the ground To fall, to be struck off one's horse, to be vanquished. The phrase 'another Redskin bit the dust' was derived from Wild West stories."

http://www.geocities.com/dillyriauniversity/PriceOnArt/1966/IndianArt.html has

''Bang, bang, and another Redskin bit the dust.'' The ageless and apparently endless plot, the kiddies' delight, the adult's idiocy, has gone a long way to blind Americans to a true appraisal of our true Americans.

Another Google find:
"...that historic passage when the crack of Little Sure Shot's rifle rang out and
another Redskin bit the dust." (Source not given)

Jan Ivarsson

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Kysilko" <pds at VISI.COM>
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Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 4:34 AM
Subject: Re: [ADS-L] "Another One Bites the Dust"

> At 3/17/2003 09:42 PM -0500, Fred Shapiro wrote:
> >Can anyone help me determine whether the phrase "another one bites the
> >dust" was popularized by the 1980 Queen song of that name, or whether it
> >predated the song?
>
> The TV series "Get Smart" (1965-1970) popularized a number of catch
> phrases, and tried to get a number of others to catch on.  In the latter
> group I seem to recall "another theory bites the dust."  (Although it is
> not listed at http://www.wouldyoubelieve.com/phrases.html )
>
>
>    Tom Kysilko        Practical Data Services
>    pds at visi.com       Saint Paul MN USA
>