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I was thinking about what euphemisms my conpeople could use for death and dying, so why not make a TC out of it?

:deu: German has quite a lot of them:
ins Gras beissen "to bite into the grass"
die Radieschen von unten sehen "to see the radishes from below"
den Löffel abgeben "to hand over the spoon"
über den Jordan gehen "to pass the river Jordan"
in die ewigen Jagdgründe eingehen "to enter the eternal hunting grounds"
mausetot sein "to be mouse-dead"

Then there are many verbs with different shades of meaning, which all mean "to die"
versterben, entschlafen, verenden, zu Tode kommen, draufgehen, ableben, vergehen, verrecken, hopsgehen, krepieren, abkratzen...

In English, I've heard :eng: to be pushing up the daisies, but I'm sure there are more.
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– Could you tell him that the grandpa died? Do it somehow delicately.
– I'll try.
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Avo wrote:In English, I've heard :eng: to be pushing up the daisies, but I'm sure there are more.
I've heard;
"He's passed on."
"He's passed away."
"He's moved on."
"He's gone to a better place."
"He's no longer with us."
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Lodhas wrote:
Avo wrote:In English, I've heard :eng: to be pushing up the daisies, but I'm sure there are more.
I've heard;
"He's passed on."
"He's passed away."
"He's moved on."
"He's gone to a better place."
"He's no longer with us."
Kicked the bucket
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Gone into the light
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:fra:

"Casser sa pipe" To break their smoking pipe (I can't see why this one exists)
"Aller six pieds sous terre" To go 6 feets underground
"Nous quitter" To leave us
"Trouver la lumière au bout du tunnel" To find the light at the tunnel's end
"Mordre la poussière" To bite the dust
"Manger les pissenlits par la racine" To eat the dandelions by the roots

(What's interesting is that "dandelion" is actually a near phonetic transcription of the second French form "dent-de-lion" tiger tooth)
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In Kōzeā, the word flēgā, meaning 'to fade' has come into general, non-euphemistic usage, from the actually euphemistic flēgā naêri, meaning 'for the soul* to fade'.

* 'soul' is the best one-word translation in English, but it's not exactly the same thing. It refers to inner strength and similar concepts in general.
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This looks like a natlang (or very advanced conlang) challenge.

:fin:
kuolla 'to die'
menehtyä 'to perish'
delata
potkaista tyhjää 'to kick empty(ness)'
heittää veivi 'to throw a crank'
siirtyä autuaammille metsästysmaille 'to move to more blessed hunting grounds'
siirtyä ajasta ijäisyyteen 'to move from time to eternity'
nukkua pois 'to sleep away'
oikaista koipensa 'to straighten one's legs'
kohdata loppunsa 'to meet one's end'
mennä maan majoille 'to go to the huts of earth'
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English:

He closed his eyes for the last time.
She met her maker.
He shoved off this mortal coil.
She took the big bus uptown.
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Squirrels chase koi . . . chase squirrels

My Kankonian-English dictionary: 87,413 words and counting

31,416: The number of the conlanging beast!
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:con: nyikayemutauroyake

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to be past
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