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lbattraw | 04:21 Sat 03rd Aug 2002 | Phrases & Sayings
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What is the origin of the phrase, 'He bought the farm?'
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Supposedly where a farmer's son had been killed (as a GI) during the second world war and the compensation had been enough to pay off the mortgage on the farm.

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