do people say they,ve kicked the bucket???
2007-05-03 20:05:13 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
guess that answers my question...cheers everyone....bri
2007-05-03 21:49:09 · update #1
I actually have an answer to this one. Back in the old days when people were hung they would make them stand on a bucket, wrap the noose around their neck and then kick the bucket out from under them.
2007-05-03 20:09:26 · answer #1 · answered by icunurse85 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The idiom kicking the bucket comes from a suicidal technique used years ago. A man would tie a rope around his neck, secure the other end tightly to a tree branch while standing on a bucket. He would then proceed to kick the bucket out from under himself, thus killing himself and...kicking the bucket.
2007-05-04 03:10:31 · answer #2 · answered by the Tramp 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it's an American expression, based on the old West, where building a gallows wasn't convenient as a tree. The convicted man had to stand on a bucket, You can guess the rest.
2007-05-04 03:21:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because the bucket becomes empty after its kicked, like a person when they've kicked
2007-05-04 03:08:20 · answer #4 · answered by J~Here 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I guess some poor soul didn't have a proper chair to stand one when he hung himself.
2007-05-04 03:07:52 · answer #5 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Expression from something else
2007-05-04 03:07:07 · answer #6 · answered by ♥♥xXJoRdanXx♥♥ 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's kind of morbid...obviously...but here ya go!
Sandy
2007-05-04 03:09:37 · answer #7 · answered by Sandy M 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋