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kick the bucket

Of a machine, to break down such that it cannot be repaired.

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  • There are many theories as to where this idiom comes from, but the OED discusses the following:
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I think my sewing machine has kicked the bucket.

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Submitted on September 01, 2009

Additional definitions for 'kick the bucket':

kick the bucketTo die.
kick the bucketto die.
Kick the BucketTo perish, die or expire, no more alive
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ركل الدلو

patada al balde

چھڑیا دینا

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