popping one's clogs
Shuffling off mortally
Popping one's clogs is British slang for dying.
The expression is informal and often humorous, used to discuss death without solemnity: He finally popped his clogs at ninety-two.
The phrase likely alludes to the clogs worn by factory workers—when you pop them off, you're done working for good.
- six feet underDead and buried
- kicking the bucketSlang for perishing
- kicked the bucketDied, colloquially
- meeting one's makerEuphemism for death
- biting the dustDying or failing completely
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popping one's clogsbeing born
Starting to exist
surviving · living · staying alive · pulling through · cheating death
popping one's clogsdying
Ceasing to live
passing away · expiring · perishing · deceasing · succumbing