bought the farm

English - Turkish

Definition of bought the farm in English Turkish dictionary

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buy the farm

nalları dikmek

buy the farm

(deyim) ölmek

English - English

Definition of bought the farm in English English dictionary

Simple past tense and past participle of buy the farm: died; often refers to death in battle or by a plane crash

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buy the farm

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.

buy the farm

die, pass away

Turkish pronunciation

bôt dhi färm

Pronunciation

/ˈbôt ᴛʜē ˈfärm/ /ˈbɔːt 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.