Idiom
have the biscuit
Meaning
To be of no further use; to be near death.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The old car finally had the biscuit.”
“After years of constant repairs, the washing machine finally had the biscuit and stopped working entirely.”
“The ancient engine sputtered one last time before it had the biscuit, leaving the travelers stranded in the middle of the desert.”
Examples
simple
“The old car finally had the biscuit.”
contextual
“After years of constant repairs, the washing machine finally had the biscuit and stopped working entirely.”
complex
“The ancient engine sputtered one last time before it had the biscuit, leaving the travelers stranded in the middle of the desert.”
Origin
From have + the + biscuit (“Communion wafer”).
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