So we all know the phrases "kick the bucket" and "bought the farm" mean someone passed on, but I always wondered, how they came to be. Like, how someone would just 'kick a bucket' then be dead, or somethin'.
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Your thoughts?
Mar-14-2006 16:31
lacksesepsotygh
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you can stuff your sorry's in a sack, mister
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Mar-14-2006 16:35
DarkAngel
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quote:
Originally posted by lacksesepsotygh
you can stuff your sorry's in a sack, mister
Kicking the bucket comes from an old dutch tradition, at the funeral ppl paying respects to the family would kick a tin bucket to pay homage to the deceased. I think it was done to scare away evil spirits.
Originally posted by Dark^Tremor
it's called an idiomatic expression.
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Mar-15-2006 01:27
Fundamental
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Location: Scotland
What about paying through the nose for something?
Are items extracted from your nose of great value to the world?
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