|
|||||
What is buy the farm?Literally means: to die. "However, you are just as dead if you buy a farm in an "incident" as you are if you buy it in a declared war." buy the farm - videoBuy the farm - what is it?This term was used during World War 2 whenever a Allied Pilot would have to make a crash landing into a European farm/house. WW2 pilots who did this were actually charged for the damages they caused and actually in a sense: Pilot: "I crashed landed my P-51 Mustang into this ladies barn and livestock." What does "buy the farm" mean?to die, especially in combat They knew that if their father were to buy the farm they would have to sell the farm. Buy the farm - what does it mean?Buy the farm was originated with pilots. Mostly military. Bob : You know Dave? He bought the farm whilst on a training excerise last week Buy the farm - meaningto die, a synonym of "kick the bucket". Billy: "So how's your uncle Jimmy doing?" Buy the farm - definition"If you don't know how to handle your BAR effectively while keeping your head down, you could buy the farm." Buy the farm - slangTo die, espescially in combat; most likely from the idea that a dead soldier's death benifit would serve to pay off his family's morgtage. Often shortened to "bought it." Chuck Lindberg later recalled the hazards of lugging a tank that carried seventy-two pounds of... napalm... under twelve hundred pounds of pressure... "It was dangerous work. A lot of guys bought the farm trying that." |
|||||
www.Definder.net Powered by Urban Dictionary |