AMD 4- Hannah Fuentes

I listened to a few of the podcasts by Kristen Winkler called Sprichwörtlich Deustsch and in episode 11 I learned "den Löffel abgeben" We learned that der Löffel is a spoon and abgeben is to hand something in or hand something over. The saying means to hand the spoon up or to hand it over. This term is somewhat similar to the phrases "bite the dust" or “pushing up daisies”  in English because it means that someone has died. In the old days of Germany everyone had a personal spoon for eating and after you died you would give up your spoon because you no longer needed it. So this phase is to signify that someone has died or "turned in their spoon" It is a phase you must be careful using and whom you use it around people such as your family or friends when referring to someone you do not know that well or when talking about a pet. It would be insensitive to use it when referring to someone you or someone else is really close with.