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I'm looking for colourful euphemisms or idioms for "die"

As in "kick the bucket", "push up the daisies"... etc

Edit: maybe this topic should move to "Wordplay and fun"?

croak
cash it in
wearing a dirt blanket

promoted to subterranean truffle inspector

just add maggots

sampling the French onion soup with a salmonella spoon

cooking for the Kennedys

slowly cooling to room temperature

taking a dirt nap

http://phrontistery.50megs.com/longpig/dead.html

that ought to kill this thread...

(edit for smiley)

Haha, yes indeed. Thanks everyone.

Or maybe a phrase a bit more literate...

Across the River and into the Trees

From a brilliant book so entitled by Hemingway.
Who borrowed the words from the last words of Confederate General Stonewall Jackson.

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that ought to kill this thread...

yeahbut it ain't all inclusive - what what carking it?

for a carking riff, see MP's Dead Parrot Sketch:

Mr. Praline: 'E's not pinin'! 'E's passed on! This parrot is no more! He has ceased to be! 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker! 'E's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed 'im to the perch 'e'd be pushing up the daisies! 'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! 'E's off the twig! 'E's kicked the bucket, 'e's shuffled off this mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisibile!! THIS IS AN EX-PARROT!!

I've always been intrigued by the origin of "bought the farm." Can anyone explain?

I guess I hve always thought of it as a very small farm, say seven feet long, three feet wide, and perhaps six deep.

Try Googling "intitle:synonyms" with "die"

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I guess I hve always thought of it as a very small farm, say seven feet long, three feet wide, and perhaps six deep.

This reminds me of a reference to being dead from George Saunders' Guilty Pleasures which includes the following regarding a (yet) fictional reality show :
..."The Bachelor: Actually He Is Dead," in which a group of young women attempt to win the favor of a propped-up, moldering corpse they have been told is a young handsome rich guy who is alive. ... a tape recorder on his chest emitted sayings such as, "I guess I'm just looking for someone who'll like me for me, even when parts of me fall off," or "Well, as far as my house goes, all I can say is, it's very small and made of wood."

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