http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_expressions_related_to_death
My favorites include:
- to go the way of all flesh
- to take a dirt nap (I want “dirt nap” to be my middle name)
- to hand in one’s dinner pail
- to peg out
- to make the ultimate sacrifice (a classic)
- to pop one’s clogs
- in Abraham’s bosom
Warmly, Janet Burns 