buy the farm

Englisch - Türkisch

Definition von buy the farm im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch

nalları dikmek

(deyim) ölmek

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von buy the farm im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

To die; generally, to die in battle or in a plane crash

That cat must have been twenty years old when he finally bought the farm.

die, pass away

Türkische aussprache

bay dhi färm

Synonyme

buy it, kick the bucket, punch one's ticket, real estate deal, bite the dust, buy the ranch, cease living, croak, die, expire, farm, pass on, succumb

Aussprache

/ˈbī ᴛʜē ˈfärm/ /ˈbaɪ ðiː ˈfɑːrm/

Etymologie

() US slang, from the WWII era (first printed record in the US Air Force in the 1950's). Similar expressions like buy the plot and buy the lot also existed, although buy the farm is the only one to have survived. Probably related to older British slang buy it, buy one or buy the packet, both seemingly ironic references to something that one does not want to buy. May come from the common reflection that once someone had finished his service he would go home and buy a farm to settle on.