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Kick The BucketKick The Bucket : PhrasesMeaning: To die or stop working. Example: My old car finally kicked the bucket. Origin: Pigs to be slaughtered are bled, that is the blood is drained from the body. One way this is accomplished is to hang the pig upside down from a bar (by one foot) that used to be known as a buchet, a French word for it. The pig's throat was cut or opened with a sharp spike and it would rapidly be bled. In its death throes, it would always, always kick the buchet. Alternative: Refers to an inverted bucket that a person who is being hung might stand on. When the bucket is kicked out, the person is hung and dies. See : Bleed Like A Stuck Pig Phrases Index |
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