kick the bucket

Signification (Anglais)

1. (colloquial, euphemistic, humorous, idiomatic) To die.
2. (colloquial, idiomatic) To break down such that it cannot be repaired.

Concepts

crever

casser sa pipe

passer l’arme à gauche

mourir

💀

décéder

expirer

claquer

s’éteindre

claboter

succomber

calancher

clamser

trépasser

fermer les yeux

passer l'arme à gauche

manger les pissenlits par la racine

passer de vie à trépas

payer sa dette à la nature

avaler son extrait de naissance

dévisser son billard

casser sa queue de billard

être épuisé

être claqué

périr

cogner

Synonymes

die

💀

pass away

croak

perish

snuff it

peg out

buy the farm

decease

drop dead

expire

pop off

exit

go

sniff it

cash in one’s chips

pass

breathe one’s last

choke

conk

give-up the ghost

demise

bite the dust

give up the ghost

pass on

ring down the curtain

cease to be

go to meet ones maker

join the choir invisible

go west

turn up one’s toes

wite

vanish

roll over

kick off

succumb

underlie

be dead

Traductions

den Löffel abgeben

💀

sterben

💀

abkratzen

estirar la pata

verrecken

ins Gras beißen

morire

💀

πεθαίνω

het loodje leggen

verscheiden

💀

krepieren

draufgehen

heimgehen

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈkɪk ðə ˈbʌkɪt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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.