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Jan 5, 2005 ... I think when I finish here I may visit what the archives has relative to this phrase. See also - the meaning and origin of Kick the bucket.
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Kick the Bucket images ... The actual origin of the term is from England, and began in the later middle ages. A corpse would be laid out, and a bucket of holy water placed at its feet. Visitors could then sprinkle the deceased with Holy Water.
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Where the phrase 'kick the bucket' originated. ... [Q] From Fred: Could you please tell me where the phrase kick the bucket originated? ... The other explanation, much less credible, is that the bucket is the one on which a suicide stands when hanging himself — kick away the bucket and the job is done. I’ve even seen the...
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DON'T YOU just love Tony Aitman's explanation of the origin of "kick the bucket"? Wonderful stuff, but he must be disabused as to the African origin of the word "jazz" at least to the extent of a "not proven" verdict.
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lowering it down, winching it back up, then pouring it into your bucket,,,,, kick the bucket over, all spills out, all gone, back into the earth/ground, nothing left, start all over again ? or give in/up ? .......
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Where did the saying "kick the bucket," when a person dies, come from? ... The phrase dates back to at least the 1500s, with two frequently mentioned theories of origin:
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Dear Evan: My question pertains to the origin of the saying "Kick the Bucket." A few of us in my group here at GE in Schenectady, NY regularly enjoy coming up with and finding out the meaning of different phrases and expressions used in everyday English, and this is a very common one for which we have not been...
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Another theory of the origin of "kick the bucket" traces the phrase to a method of hanging oneself by standing on a bucket, tightening the noose, and then kicking away the bucket.
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Everyone knows that to kick the bucket means to die, but how did that phrase come about? Random House: ... And not all scholars agree that this is the origin of the term. The other popular theory relates the phrase to an act of suicide, in which someone stands on a bucket, puts a noose around his or her neck,
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primatejournal.blogspot.com/2006/10/origin-of-kick-buck...
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