Yeltsin pops his clogs

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6584481.stm

pops his clogs?

interesting phrase… I would think that more fitting for a dutchman perhaps…

-Imp

It appears to refer to pawning one’s clogs due to having no use for them anymore. We used to wear them a lot in this country before Nike and Jimmy Choo turned up.

worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-pop2.htm