When somebody died.
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The expression is informal. Do not use it except informally.
An idiom is an expression, the meaning of which is dependent on cultural context and social understanding. The meaning of the idiom is not predictable based on its constituent elements, but is merely an expression. An example of an idiom is "kicked the bucket". These words are not taken as literal, but as an idiomatic expression.
photo bucket or my hot comments.com
up your candy land
An idiom misuse is to use and idiom in a wrong way that doesn't make sense.
All people should save something for a rainy day.
You use a bucket on a cow.
It is an idiom, because it does not use the term "like" or "as".
use a bucket of water on the drain
May I use this bucket?
Who cares? The rangers should have kicked their asses! no they do not they charter a air plane
Mix mud with sand to get a dry mud. Then use a bucket. Fill the bucket up with the mud mix, and then turn the bucket up-side-down and hit the top. Finally squeeze the bucket a little, and then pull it up. The mud should come out of the bucket, and then decorate the mud mould with leaves, add shape, and even build a mote.
You do not get or use a bucket on Astro Knights Island.