mine is kicking the bucket (for english) or looking at the radishes from below (in german)

those make me chuckle sometimes

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[–] 20 points 10 months ago (5 children)

I like "kicked the bucket" or "gave up the the ghost". The latter I said recently and got mocked because they'd never heard it and apparently it's "not a real saying".

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    I've always heard gave up the ghost applied to machines. I've never even thought about it in regards to people. Odd how it basically has the same meaning but is focused on a particular thing to me.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    It is possible that I'm using the phrase wrong, I've done that lots haha. I always picture an old timey cartoon where the ghost rises out of the person and then returns to the body after doing something

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