13. Kick the Bucket

It means to die. A bucket was placed on a pulley under a cow when it was killed at the slaughterhouse, sometimes before the animal was killed it would literally kick the bucket, and that’s where the term came from.
13. Kick the Bucket
It means to die. A bucket was placed on a pulley under a cow when it was killed at the slaughterhouse, sometimes before the animal was killed it would literally kick the bucket, and that’s where the term came from.