Kick the bucket

A farming phrase linked with starvation, whether you the milker of the animal or the animal itself kick the bucket the contents of value dispense to nothing and the recipient of the usually milk in this actual analogy goes hungry often the weakest or youngest such as babies with a limited amount of food they are able to eat making milk a primary necessary food source

When the cow kick the bucket after improperly grabbing its udder we all went hungry that day