What is Bought The Farm?
1.
Passed away. Expired. Vacated this worldly plain. Snuffed it.
Also Throw a seven
Mrs Tiggywinkle? It's PC Bobs, here. I'm afraid I have some upsetting news. Your husband was crossing the M4 and, well I'm afraid he bought the farm. Squashed flatter than a witch's tit. He was.
We scraped Him up as best we could. He's in this bucket. I shouldn't look if I were you.
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2.
1.To fail in the most complete way, without understanding how. This originates from the linux error code "EIEIO" which refers to an error which makes no sense, and cannot be repaired.
2.To die
"Jet pilots say that when a jet crashes on a farm the farmer usually sues the government for damages done to his farm by the crash, and the amount demanded is always more than enough to pay off the mortgage and then buy the farm outright. Since this type of crash is nearly always fatal to the pilot, the pilot pays for the farm with his life, and has bought the farm."
With definition 1, the metaphor of buying the farm is often elaborated upon:
*dave makes a big mistake*
jeremy: You just bought the farm.
The minister of agriculture wishes to speak urgently with you.
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