*'''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). | *'''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). |