"It’s actually more economical to let your characters buy the farm."From the 10th paragraph of this article at PC Invasion.
上記の文で、buy the farmの意味は?
In the sentence above, what does "by the farm" mean?
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解答
意味:英辞郎によると、
〈俗〉戦死するとありますが、「戦死」だけではなく「死ぬ」「壊れる」「だめになる」の意味もあります。
Answer
According to Wiktionary :(idiomatic, US, informal, euphemistic) To die; generally, to die in battle or in a plane crash.
Examples
- If you crash at 60 mph, the odds are you'll buy the farm.
- Did you hear that old Walt bought the farm? What a shame—at least he got to spend 92 years on this earth.
- I'll pass through this illness; I'm too young to buy the farm.
- The plane nosedived into the ground and exploded. He bought the farm.
- Then tracers laced the sky in front of me. Forget the shooting! If I get distracted now, I'll buy the farm anyway!
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