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kick the bucket

To die.

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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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The old horse finally kicked the bucket.

Submitted on September 01, 2009

Additional definitions for 'kick the bucket':

kick the bucketOf a machine, to break down such that it cannot be repaired.
kick the bucketto die.
Kick the BucketTo perish, die or expire, no more alive
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spark til spanden

calciare il secchio

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  • IzzyCohen
    This idiom is probably from a proto-Semitic metaphor: make love = עֲגוֹב [K]aGov + in Paradise = בעִדָן B'[K]aiDen " Hebrew [K]aGav B'3eDen kick (the) bucket. This is still a Middle East (virgins in heaven) euphemism to avoid saying "He died." 
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