buy the farm | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic,US,informal,euphemistic)Todie; generally, to die inbattleor in aplanecrash.1959,Robert A. Heinlein,Starship Troopers‎[1], page131:You're just as dead if youbuy the farmin an "incident" as if you buy it in a declared war.1984,G. Harry Stine,Manna‎[2], page221:Then tracers laced the sky in front of me. Forget the shooting! If I get distracted now, I'llbuy the farmanyway!1995,Steve Allen, “Having a Good Time”, in Ann McDonough, Kent R. Brown, editors,A Grand Entrance‎[3], published2000,→ISBN, page212:BETTY. Shoot, if I knew you was gonnabuy the farmI coulda asked for everything you got in the world... How were you gonna do it? ¶ROGER (takes revolver out of briefcase). With this.2002, W. Barry Baird,Vietnam Journey‎[4],→ISBN, page171:They gambled with as much reckless abandon as they flew their airplanes. They knew they mightbuy the farmtomorrow.

Examples:

EN: The money to buy the farm.
ES: El dinero para comprar la granja.
EN: Anyway, they want to buy the farm Grandpa left us.
ES: Bueno, quieren comprar la granja que nos dejó el abuelo.
EN: - Very. He wants to buy the farm Grandpa left us. Now, all you have to do is sign some papers and you'll get a nice big check.
ES: - Quiere comprar la granja del abuelo, sólo tenéis que firmar unos papeles y recibiréis un buen cheque.
EN: - You will buy the farm.
ES: - Tú comprarás la granja.
EN: ... And then buy the farm with him?
ES: ...¿Y luego comprar la granja con él?
EN: We're gonna buy the farm on this trip, dave.
ES: En este viaje vamos a morder el polvo.
EN: We were doing Chinese at the food fair when we heard Martha Dumptruck tried to buy the farm.
ES: Estábamos comiendo chino en la feria de la comida y dicen por la radio que Martha Bulldog ha intentado espicharla.
EN: Gettlng shot is not the only way to buy the farm, pal.
ES: Que te mate una bala no es la única manera de comprar la granja, amigo.
EN: We can buy the farm at last!
ES: Al menos podremos comprar la granja, ¿no entiendes?
EN: Wy... before I buy the farm there's something I have to tell you.
ES: Wy... antes de que estire la pata hay algo que tengo que decirte.
EN: Hey, Coop, looks like your boy Denslow's gonna buy the farm.
ES: Eh, Coop, parece que el viejo Denslow la está palmando.
EN: Now it was time for me to buy the farm... to meet my maker.
ES: Ahora es hora de que me compre la granja... para reunirme con el creador.
EN: How long until they buy the farm?
ES: - Ves la forma que camina, que respiran... 6 meses, un año máximo. - ¿Hasta cuando?
EN: Well, your fella did you know he was gonna buy the farm?
ES: Bien, tu compañero ¿sabías que él iba a comprar la granja?
EN: Now, you trip the alarm, you buy the farm.
ES: Ahora, tropezáis con la alarma, y compráis la parcela.

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