Bite the biscuit

David Scott . . . admits he "nearly bit the biscuit," during a 1985 trip to Kluane National Park in the Yukon. Scott was crossing a chest-deep river with a racing current, when he slipped. The near-freezing water whisked him away.

Trained assassins shoot people in the head, and that should be a relatively painless way to bite the biscuit.

Weibe, who fought the effects of allergy medicine and a winless streak since the Hardee's Golf Classic (1986), had to bite the biscuit and settle for second place.

Sometimes owners need to bite the biscuit and call in professional help in order to solve a nasty canine behavioral problem.