buy the farm

English - Turkish

Definition of buy the farm in English Turkish dictionary

nalları dikmek

(deyim) ölmek

English - English

Definition of buy the farm in English English dictionary

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

Turkish pronunciation

bay dhi färm

Synonyms

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

Pronunciation

/ˈbī ᴛʜē ˈfärm/ /ˈbaɪ ðiː ˈfɑːrm/

Etymology

() 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.