Buying the farm : (a georgics of sorts) /

"The phrase 'to buy the farm' is a euphemism for death. Attested etymologically at least to WWII where, if someone had died, they had 'bought the farm in the sky'. The term to 'buy it' means to die, and the reference to 'farm' relates to the Anglo-Saxon &...

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Main Author:	O'Toole, Eliza (Poet) (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Swindon [England] : Shearsman Books, 2025.
Subjects:	Farms > Poetry. East Anglia (England) > Poetry. Poetry.