They were way too young to be "taken from us".

Various images are used traditionally to symbolize death; these rank from blunt depictions of cadavers and their parts to more allusive suggestions that time is fleeting and all men are mortals. The human skull is an obvious and frequent symbol of death, found in many cultures and religious traditions.

-VR

He "bit the bullet".

@very-rusty said
Do you mean the home made brew?

@fmf said
No, I meant a fictitious bottle of stout called Grim Reaper produced by the local unlicensed and non-hygiene standards compliant micro-brewery.

I especially like this one: "Put to bed with a shovel".

@very-rusty said
I saw 'non-hygiene standards compliant micro-brewery' right away I thought home brew!!! 😉 Which of course has nothing to do with Death related forumisms.

Has anyone said: 'Bit the dust'?

-VR

"kicked the bucket"

-VR

@very-rusty said
"kicked the bucket"

-VR

@great-big-stees said
I think, maybe, you should browse through the other responses cuz I think they've been used. Here one that's kinda cool..."climb down the six foot ladder"

@very-rusty said
Various images are used traditionally to symbolize death; these rank from blunt depictions of cadavers and their parts to more allusive suggestions that time is fleeting and all men are mortals. The human skull is an obvious and frequent symbol of death, found in many cultures and religious traditions.

-VR

@ghost-of-a-duke said
Nice......All your own words?

@very-rusty said
Of course not silly!! 😉

-VR

Has someone fallen off the log yet?