 |
Kick the Bucket
(To). A bucket is a pulley, and in Norfolk a beam. When pigs
are killed, they are hung by their hind-legs on a bucket or beam, with
their heads downwards, and oxen are hauled up by a pulley. To kick the
bucket is to be hung on the balk or bucket by the heels.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Kick the Bucket from Infoplease:
|
|