kick the bucket
Significado (Inglés)
- (colloquial, euphemistic, humorous, idiomatic) To die.
- (colloquial, idiomatic) To break down such that it cannot be repaired.
Conceptos
colgar los guayos
entregar el alma
hincar el pico
liar el petate
perder la vida
espichar ella
palmar ella
diñar ella
dejar de existir
caer muerto
Sinónimos
sniff it
cash in one’s chips
breathe one’s last
give-up the ghost
cease to be
go to meet ones maker
turn up one’s toes
be dead
Traducciones
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ˈkɪk ðə ˈbʌkɪt/
Etimología (Inglés)
There are many theories as to where this idiom comes from, but the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) suggests the following: * A person standing on a pail or bucket with their head in a slip noose would kick the bucket so as to commit suicide. The OED, however, says that this is mainly speculative; * An archaic use of bucket was a beam from which a pig is hung by its feet prior to being slaughtered, and to kick the bucket originally signified the pig's death throes. The OED finds this a more plausible theory. Another theory is given by Roman Catholic Bishop Abbot Horne.
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