Girl Bites Dog

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devonpham1998

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What does "girl bites dog" mean?
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What does "girl bites dog" mean?
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***Neither a teacher nor a native speaker.***

What exactly don't you understand?
The word bite means that you hurt someone/something.
Usually we bite into an apple (because we want to eat it - so we don't actually hurt it).
When a dog bites a human, the human gets hurt.

"Girl bites dog." simply means that the dog got hurt by a girl.
It's unusual yet not impossible.

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In the series "Good luck Charlie" on Disney Channel every Satuday night, there's an episode called "Girl Bites Dog"!?
 
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