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*'''Handbags at 5 yards''' is an expression to mean a small amount of pushing and shoving that does not amount to much.  It is used particularly in relation to sport, especially rugby union.
 
*'''Handbags at 5 yards''' is an expression to mean a small amount of pushing and shoving that does not amount to much.  It is used particularly in relation to sport, especially rugby union.
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*'''Kick the bucket''' simply means "to die". Though the origin is obscure [http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/218800.html some] think [[William Shakespeare| the bard]] may have hefted this idiom into immortality.<br>Other "to die" euphemisms include: '''Bought the farm''', '''Deep sixed''' (graves are traditioanlly six feet deep).
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*'''Kick the bucket''' simply means "to die". Though the origin is obscure [http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/218800.html some] think [[William Shakespeare| the bard]] may have hefted this idiom into immortality.<br>Other "to die" euphemisms include: '''Bought the farm''', '''Deep sixed''' (graves are traditionally six feet deep).
 
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