The nail-biter saw the two boats neck-and-neck for much of the race.

It was Sackett-Murray, gambler, horse-thief, house-robber, deserter, biter, murderer, and double-dyed traitor.

And so, Mrs Quarles the biter is going to be bit, eh?

You got to play good teams, said coach John Calipari after Sunday's nail-biter.

Any inquiry is a nail-biter if you have an interest in the outcome.

Like many outspoken people, he passed for a barker and not a biter.

The Black Caps have lost to South Africa in a nail-biter this morning

So he's OK, but watch out for that bloody ankle-biter of a cat.

I hope he's a native rather than a foreign biter.

The nail-biter says, "Your sister sure knows how to stir up trouble."

The big-mouthed bass is less savage in his attacks, but is a free biter.

If ever there was a case of the biter bit-he broke off, laughing.

Nim's reputation as a biter had preceded him in Norman.

But you always have in the back of your mind that it's a nail-biter.

You have pus for marrow and fungus for brains, and you're a scug-backed cheek-biter!

Is it a case of the biter being bitten?