Death

Aug. 19th, 2005 03:34 pm
[identity profile] lovimoment.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] learn_russian
What are some Russian euphemisms for death? In English, if we want to be polite, we can say "pass on" or "pass away," or "gone to a better place."

We also have negative/joking ones, like "kick the bucket," "buy the farm," "pushing up daisies."

How, besides using умереть or погибнуть, can you say "die" in Russian?

Date: 2005-08-19 10:23 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ex-exchange-154.livejournal.com
polite: отойти в мир иной
уйти из жизни
we usually use "сдохнуть" or "подохнуть" talking about animals.

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