What does the phrase, "you had to carry a bucket mean."?

I believe that the answer to the question asked  above is that the expression means you have to carry something before achieving something or going somewhere.

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First of all, it is very important to comment about the phrase.

In english it is called idiom which is defined as an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual  meaning of its constituent elements. (Source: dictionary).

In this case the meaning of phrase " you had to carry a bucket".

It suggests that the person could not to do some activity and he/she knew it.  

I think it's C

Explanation:

The question is asking what proves that the Sherpas are seen as less important people to be alive, unlike the Westerners. It can't be A because that is about money. It can't be B because accidental deaths happen everywhere. It can't be D because that's also relating to money. It can't be E because that's the opposite of what the question asked about.

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