kick the bucket
Nghĩa (Tiếng Anh)
- (colloquial, euphemistic, humorous, idiomatic) To die.
- (colloquial, idiomatic) To break down such that it cannot be repaired.
Từ đồng nghĩa
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
Bản dịch
Phát âm là (IPA)
/ˈkɪk ðə ˈbʌkɪt/
Từ nguyên (Tiếng Anh)
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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