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bite of the cherry

bite of the cherry noun: a chance; an attempt at something, especially something that can or should only be done once.

Noun

bite of the cherry (plural bites of the cherry)

  1. (idiomatic) A chance; an attempt at something, especially something that can or should only be done once.

bite of the cherry meaning in Bengali

bite of the cherry in Bengali

একটি সুযোগ

Synonyms of bite of the cherry

Forms of bite of the cherry

pluralbites of the cherry

Origin of bite of the cherry

A cherry is a small fruit usually eaten in a single bite, and the phrase was originally intended to refer specifically to an attempt to repeat an already-completed action. By the 1940s, cherry had taken on the additional meaning of "virginity" and the phrase was considered embarrassing, and so "apple" replaced "cherry" chiefly in American usage. As an apple is usually eaten in many bites, the additional nuance of "an unrepeatable action" was increasingly lost. The first recorded use of the "apple" form is in 1922.

Questions about bite of the cherry

What does bite of the cherry mean?
Bite of the cherry means a chance; an attempt at something, especially something that can or should only be done once.
What is bite of the cherry in Bengali?
Bite of the cherry in Bengali is একটি সুযোগ. See Bite of the cherry meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is bite of the cherry?
Bite of the cherry is a noun.
What is the plural of bite of the cherry?
The plural of bite of the cherry is bites of the cherry.

Words near bite of the cherry in the dictionary

  1. bite it
  2. bite me
  3. bite my ass
  4. bite my shiny metal ass
  5. bite of the apple
  6. bite of the cherry
  7. bite of the reality sandwich
  8. bite off
  9. bite off more than one can chew
  10. bite on granite
  11. bite one's lip

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bite of the cherry (page history and authors); bite of the cherry (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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