Buy the farm" is an English idiom used as a colorful way of saying that someone has died. The phrase was first popularly used in the 20th century concerning soldiers who had perished in battle. A colorful expression that undercuts the solemnity of death, "buy the farm" has since been expanded through popular usage to include anyone who has died under any circumstances. Its origins are somewhat unclear, but it is generally associated with the connection between soldiers in battle and their intentions to settle down after the war.