What does the phrase pop your clogs mean?

to die
To pop one’s clogs means to die, or cease to live. The conjugations for this phrase happen in the first verb (e.g., popped his clogs, popping her clogs, pops their clogs, etc.). Sometimes the phrase is used out of order (e.g., if your clogs decide to pop, etc.) though the idiom keeps the meaning of death.

Where did the phrase pop your clogs come from?

Pop your clogs British factory workers, particularly in northern England, wore wooden-soled shoes to protect their feet as late as the 1920s. It was around this time that ‘popped your clogs’ as an expression for death originated.

What does it mean to pop your collar?

To “pop you collar” means to take the collar of your shirt and fold it.

What does it mean when someone says you pop?

to ejaculate. Did you pop yet? See more words with the same meaning: to ejaculate.

What’s the meaning of’pop your clogs’?

What’s the meaning of the phrase ‘Pop your clogs’? To ‘pop your clogs’ is to die.

What’s the meaning of the expression’pop’?

Note: This expression is used to refer to someone’s death in a light-hearted or humorous way. Note: This expression may refer to an old sense of `pop’, meaning to pawn something (= borrow some money in return for a valuable object that you leave with the lender. The lender can sell the object if you do not pay the money back).

Where to go before you pop your clogs?

AWAY from the glitz of LA, San Francisco is one of the Cities You Must See Before You Pop Your Clogs – it’s right up there with Sydney and Venice. See Frisco – and live! It’s a city you can’t miss Sam Weller’s new funeral store offers a set of shelves that will convert into a coffin when you pop your clogs. It comes in any colour…

Where did the phrase’die in clogs’come from?

It has the feel of a phrase that is much older: even in the industrial north of the UK clogs have long since ceased to be a common type of footwear. It seems likely that whoever coined it did so with an ear for the archaic. Sadly, whoever that was didn’t make it clear why the phrase was coined to mean ‘die’.