SOME COMMON PHRASES AND THEIR ORIGIN.
"Kicking the Bucket." — The origin of this phrase given in last Saturday's Post, seems rather farfetched. A more likely one seems to be the death of a persou by strangulation, when the suicide or culprit stood on a bucket whilst the^ rope around the neck was being adjusted to the beam above; when this was done, the bucket was kicked from under his feet, eithor by himself or some other person, aud left him bus. pended. __________
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Evening Post, Volume XLI, Issue 138, 13 June 1891, Page 2 (Supplement)
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82SOME COMMON PHRASES AND THEIR ORIGIN. Evening Post, Volume XLI, Issue 138, 13 June 1891, Page 2 (Supplement)
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