From Monty Python's Parrot Sketch - maybe this will help:

'E's not pinin'! 'E's passed on! He is no more! He has ceased to be! 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker! 'E's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed 'im to the perch 'e'd be pushing up the daisies! Vis-a-vis his metabolic processes e's 'ad his lot! 'E's off the twig! 'E's kicked the bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisibile!! All statements to the effect that this parrot is still a going concern are from now on inoperative!

E's f*****' snuffed it!

THIS IS AN EX-PARROT!!