After a while, to die in any way was called " kicking the bucket."

以后，任何一种死亡形式都可表达为kicking the bucket。

You'd be one heavy metal concert away from kicking the bucket.

你将在一场重金属音乐会上踢完比赛。

It refers to kicking the bucket away from under the feet of a hanging man, leaving him to drop to his death.

它指的是把要绞死的人脚下的桶踢开，让他吊死。

Look, kids, the mayor kicking the bucket got me thinking.

听着 孩子们 老镇长嗝屁之后我就在思考。

The total cost of the Queen’s death would therefore likely hover around $8 billion dollars -- a hefty bill for kicking the bucket.

因此，女王之死的总成本可能会徘徊在 80 亿美元左右——这是一笔不小的开支。