What does the idiom KICK THE BUCKET refers to?
Kick the bucket means to die. Possibly refers to people who committed suicide by attaching a rope to a beam, then standing on a bucket and and kicking it away so they would hang themselves. 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. i think you should add “it is what it is” considering so many people say it and it really means nothing..
