kick the bucket
Pronunciation Verb
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Pronunciation Verb
kick the bucket
- (idiomatic, euphemistic, colloquial, humorous) To die.
- The old horse finally kicked the bucket.
- (idiomatic, colloquial) Of a machine, to break down such that it cannot be repaired.
- I think my sewing machine has kicked the bucket.
- French: passer l'arme à gauche pass the weapon to the left, casser sa pipe to break one's smoking
- German: den Löffel abgeben give away the spoon
- Italian: tirare le cuoia
- Portuguese: bater as botas
- Russian: сыгра́ть в я́щик
- Spanish: estirar la pata stretch the leg, colgar los guayos hang the football shoes, irse al otro barrio
- German: endgültig im Eimer sein
- Russian: накрыться медным тазом
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