This irreverant idiom means 'to die'

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Title:	This irreverant idiom means 'to die'
Answer:	kick the bucket

Hints:	1. a pail 2. use your foot to strike something 3. to strike a pail with your foot

Equivalents:	1. give up the ghost 2. bite the dust 3. buy the farm

Explanation:	I'm not sure where this one comes from! I found some information that it might originate in England and may be associated with hanging.
English > Popular Expressions > Birth / Dying

Game Summary Statistics

Average Rating		3.5
# of votes		14
# of Garbage Votes		3
# of Garbage Votes by native speakers		0

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Total found: 14 !
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Ziyi L.

Rating: 0

January 22, 2009

Instead of "kick the bucket", in Chinese, Mandarin we say "挂了"

Vasiliy P.

Rating: 4

January 14, 2009

My colleagues and Me have laughed at it :))
Instead of "kick the bucket", in Russian we say "сыграть в ящик"

Niurka P.

Rating: 4

December 11, 2008

Fay K.

Rating: 4

November 27, 2008

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