| 单词 | kick the bucket |
| 例句 | It was strange, even though this was the bedroom of some little girl who’d kicked the bucket, I wasn’t feeling scared or nervous at all. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z “Bucket!” he said, kicking the bucket with his foot. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “My heart has been giving me fits lately and so I’ve just been lying low for a few days, but I don’t think I’m ready to kick the bucket.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “That makes me nervous, kids gathering around like I’m going to kick the bucket.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z She shakes her head and looks toward Dray, who kicks the bucket that Bad Leg is sitting on. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “Your girlfriend,” he said, “she kicked the bucket.” The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z My hands squeeze around the grips, I’ll kick the bucket before he will get a squeak out of me. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z It seems like the answer to “Haven’t you heard” always has something to do with someone kicking the bucket. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z He slammed through the door, scaring Grandma, who kicked the bucket of water over. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I’m betting it’s charity work, or maybe he’s been secretly chatting with Aimee and arranging a meet-up so she and I can make things right before I kick the bucket. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z "People kick the bucket every day," he said. "The Eyes of Tammy Faye" helped me reconsider my painful Evangelical childhood 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z Let's go back to the "kick the bucket" idiom, which means "to die" for many people and not actually to strike a container with your foot. Clichés may grate like nails on a chalkboard, but one person’s cliché is another’s sliced bread 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z If this season ends with Sookie's brother kicking the bucket in some farmhouse due to the lack of penicillin, I might be OK with that. "True Blood" recap: Good Eric, bad Bill 2011-07-11T05:01:00Z An idiom is a word or phrase that has a meaning different from the composition of its parts, like "kick the bucket." Clichés may grate like nails on a chalkboard, but one person’s cliché is another’s sliced bread 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z In "Gremlins," a Black teacher is the first to kick the bucket. "We can make it to the end": Jermaine Fowler of "The Blackening" on why Black horror's moment is now 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z I do have a lot of other stories to tell, though, so I hope I'll have time to write those before I kick the bucket. Philip Pullman: a life in writing 2011-03-03T12:00:00Z And though Lucious is not feeling his son’s respectability attempt in marrying Rhonda, Andre still believes he’s the most qualified to run the company when his father eventually kicks the bucket. 'Empire' recap: Andre flushes medication, snaps 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z The American interior designer Jonathan Adler suggests it’s because “minimalism is a bummer. When you’re about to kick the bucket, you don’t want to look back and see an endless haze of beige.” I can't believe it's not clutter: maximalism hits our homes 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z That would be like wishing for Punxsutawney Phil to kick the bucket so the Groundhog Day celebration could be swiped by a nearby town. Dixville Notch and the midnight vote will not die without a fight 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z I'm going to see if I can get a book of poetry published before I kick the bucket. Iain Banks: the final interview 2013-06-15T07:07:55Z I think the business of self-destruction, living up to an image and kicking the bucket – I don't think that's around so much in music mow. Rod Stewart: 'I've been a golden boy for too long' – a classic interview from the vaults 2012-10-09T14:59:37Z That event is called the “Great Dying” because it was the most devastating mass extinction ever, resulting in some 95 percent of all species kicking the bucket. It’s the end of the world and we know it: Scientists in many disciplines see apocalypse, soon 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z Hull reminds us that modern life includes cultural patterns that shelter us from thoughts of the inevitable: We don't die; we kick the bucket. Exhibition review: 'Dead' at White River Valley Museum 2011-08-26T23:54:15Z Just count the different ways our Yorkshire gallant kicks the bucket: He gets shot in the head while holding a book. Sean Bean Dies in Everything 2011-11-03T15:29:46Z But who this year kicked the bucket with as much oomph as this kid? The Best Performances of 2016 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z They’d seen folks kick the bucket, but never, they said, Had it flown so remarkably far. Style Invitational Week 1421: Alternaugural Address ’21 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z “Right. And, Gia, if I kick the bucket before you, take my suede Stuart Weitzman boots; I just had them reheeled.” The crime we committed for her 2014-03-10T00:00:00Z A “future history play,” Mike Bartlett’s Olivier-winning drama mixes Shakespearean intrigue with tabloid-worthy backbiting in this work about royal jockeying for power after the queen kicks the bucket. All of the L.A. arts events and exhibitions to check out this fall 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z Are you unable to enjoy the human body count in a horror movie because you’re wondering whether the dog’s going to kick the bucket? Rotten Tomatoes for rabid dog lovers 2013-06-01T18:00:00Z And famously, JMW Turner apparently said, “The sun is god,” at the moment that he kicked the bucket. 'Silly question!' Mike Leigh interviewed by our readers and famous fans 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z Just when you think someone's going to kick the bucket, there's another torrent of teardrops. 'A Beautiful Life': Romantic tale brings twists, turmoil and tears 2011-05-19T19:58:04Z The internet abounds with rundowns of the most popular bucket list requests: the things we would like to do before kicking the bucket, when that looks like an imminent prospect. The 99-year-old who threw herself in prison – and other strange bucket list requests 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z Stocklin didn’t want to kick the bucket without fulfilling his dream of racing hydroplanes. Brent Hall falls one lap short of becoming first Black driver to qualify in unlimited hydroplane 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z "I suspect my publishers, they're delightful people, but I think they wanted to get it out in a hurry just in case I kicked the bucket before it was time to release the thing." Sam Neill diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z So yes, of course, Hastings wants linear TV to kick the bucket. Netflix’s CEO is ready for TV to die 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z “Since dinosaurs kicked the bucket, this is the biggest global warming event we have,” says Pincelli Hull, a paleoclimate scientist at Yale University. Hidden carbon layer may have sparked ancient bout of global warming 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z “It’s sacrosanct,” she said, adding that she believed her stepsons and their mother were hoping to drag out court proceedings “until I kick the bucket or something.” In a run-down Roman villa, a princess from Texas awaits her next act 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z I corrected him, reminding Morrie that he and I met because we had both briefly kicked the bucket. Column: The secret to a long life? Curiosity, says Morrie, who has now survived two pandemics 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z Don’t ask why they slipped the Deadliest Woman Alive a slow-acting poison, or if that were their thing, why they didn’t lock themselves down for a night while she kicked the bucket. Review: 'Kate' in spades — Mary Elizabeth Winstead wants revenge 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z "They used to come over and kick the bucket and give you a good kicking for getting the floor wet," he said. Medomsley detention centre abuse victims share £7m payout 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z To get the form, you need your doctor to certify that, in lay speak, they wouldn't be surprised if you kicked the bucket within six months. ‘I was desperate for a cancer manual – but there isn’t one’ 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z "It's at the publisher's waiting for me to kick the bucket," she breezily told one reporter. Obituary: Jan Morris, a poet of time, place and self 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z “He’s taken the 71” is still a slang term akin to “kick the bucket”. Passengers incensed: Vienna trials perfumed subway trains 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z Based on my age and gender, the calculator told me I’ve probably got another 22 years ahead of me, that is until I kick the bucket at 83. An ageless question: When is someone ‘old’? 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z And while she asks that listeners “don’t call me legend till I kick the bucket,” she’s well on her way. 4 concerts to catch in the D.C. area over the next several days 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z “I don’t want to say it’s like losing a kid, but you put all your hard work and pride in it, and somebody kicks the bucket from under you,” he said. Beehive Arson in Texas Kills Half a Million: ‘There Goes My Honey Flow’ 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z "Traitors will kick the bucket," Putin said in a 2010 Russian TV interview. Putin describes ex-Russian spy poisoned in Britain as 'scum' who betrayed his homeland - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z At age 50, for example, your risk of kicking the bucket within the next year is more than three times higher than when you’re 30. Once you hit this age, aging appears to stop 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z Most phones typically kick the bucket after just three or four hours of screen time, so the Z2 Play is notably above average here. Motorola Moto Z2 Play review: thinner, lighter, better 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z ‘E’s kicked the bucket, ‘e’s shuffled off ‘is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin’ choir invisible!! The 100 best nonfiction books: No 65 – Thesaurus by Dr Peter Mark Roget (1852) 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z "We will part only when one of us kicks the bucket." The man who looks after 735 dogs - BBC News 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z “We were sitting and talking, and he wasn’t feeling well by then, and we were asking, ‘Is there anything else we want to do before one of us kicks the bucket?’” she said. Still The Dawgmother: Carol James still plays her part in Washington football family 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z The whole premise of Kargman’s sixth book is that graves — death, kicking the bucket, your personal expiration date — are actually more motivating than morbid. Author Jill Kargman gets a fancy grave thanks to Secretary of State John F. Kerry 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z As much as I’d like to check off that experience from my bucket list, it’s not worth potentially kicking the bucket due to Zika virus. SNYDER: No need for unnecessary risks by holding Olympics in Rio de Janeiro 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z It’s kicked the bucket and shuffled off its mortal coil. Clinton triumphs; Sanders crashes out. Now the real contest can begin | Richard Wolffe 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z “When I kick the bucket, the first sentence will be, ‘known for the live album ‘Frampton Comes Alive!’ Peter Frampton on that crazy summer 40 years ago 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z They are to be hated, so one should say not that “an American died,” but rather “an American scum kicked the bucket”. Life in North Korea – the early years 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z If you follow Internet speculation, Solo — smuggler, rogue, and pilot of the Millennium Falcon – is rumored to kick the bucket in this latest episode. Here’s the dark side of franchises like ‘Star Wars’ that just keep going 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z Though woefully young by modern standards, 69 is a decidedly cheeky age to kick the bucket. Holly Woodlawn was a transgender inspiration. We mustn’t forget her achievements | Paris Lees 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z "Hopefully, when I kick the bucket, I'll be remembered for it." The twists and turns of naming diseases - BBC News 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z And certainly, why would you need an explanation that is only justifiable in terms of kicking the bucket? Why use your eventual death as an excuse to try something new? | Steven W Thrasher 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z “I guess I will be there until I kick the bucket,” he said. Longtime crossing guard given gifts, police medal 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z “We’re not heroes. Yeah, we got through it, but the alternative was kicking the bucket.” Warship's Last Survivors Recall Sinking in Shark-Infested Waters 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z "I was sent off for kicking the bucket," he told BBC Sport. Scuffle was like children - Bruce 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z Over a quiet weekend, I got the Turbo to stretch to 31 hours before kicking the bucket, and on busier days its stamina was closer to 24 hours. Motorola Droid Turbo review 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z If I had my way, we’d stop thinking so much about our eventual annihilation when we strive for fun in our lives ... and we’d kick the bucket list to the curb. Why use your eventual death as an excuse to try something new? | Steven W Thrasher 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z Well, most of my contemporaries and friends have kicked the bucket. Old Masters at the Top of Their Game 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z When we filmed the video in Central Park, I rode it for three consecutive hours, which included going uphill, hitting top speed plenty, and following a rickshaw — all before the battery kicked the bucket. I rode an electric unicycle through the streets of New York City and it felt like the future 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z It derives from the phrase "kick the bucket", a slang expression for dying. Malaysia Airlines scraps quiz title 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z A bucket list refers to things someone wants to do before dying, or "kicking the bucket". Malaysia Airlines renames 'bucket list' offer after MH370 and MH17 disasters 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z Of course, no one knows for sure when they’ll kick the bucket. When Should You Collect Social Security? 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z Each of the show’s dynastic families are represented by their patron animal, and as the various family members kick the bucket, their faces are replaced by emoji skulls. Need to Catch up on Game of Thrones? Try This Emoji Recap 2014-04-03T15:45:44Z “Netanyahu is like a cow that gives a bucket-full of milk, only to kick the bucket over,” he wrote in Sunday’s paper. Israel’s Pairing of Prisoner Release and New Settlements Angers Many 2013-12-30T19:26:02Z It will be the last TV I ever own till I kick the bucket. Inequality in America: Gini in the bottle 2013-11-26T15:26:28Z Now we’re told we need to get married before they kick the bucket? Civil Behavior: How Should Gay Couples Fend Off Pressure to Marry? 2013-08-06T20:42:45Z Beyond physical sites, the historic Bowery survives in popular culture, including phrases believed to have originated there like “kick the bucket,” “going on a bender” and “so long.” Bowery Journal: On the Bowery, Vestiges of a Seedy Past Seep Through 2013-04-18T02:16:38Z So there the poor guy stays until I kick the bucket.” Tumbleweeds and indelicate questions 2013-02-27T18:21:13.183Z There was a Dutch woman, whose husband, Diedrick Van Pronk, kicked the bucket, and left her inconsolable. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z Once you’ve kicked the bucket, it’s too late to rectify any oversight. 5 Ways You Could Be Leaving Your Heirs a Financial Mess 2011-12-12T12:00:00Z "Now, doorin' all that time, have you never felt inclined to kick the bucket?" Auriol or, The Elixir of Life 2011-06-24T02:00:23.867Z Before Attwill kicked the bucket she lived in a glass case. A Butterfly on the Wheel 2011-06-21T02:00:24.683Z I see at once that I must turn doctor agin, or there was no tellin how soon he might kick the bucket. Letters of Major Jack Downing, of the Downingville Militia 2011-05-22T02:00:13.943Z Don't get chicken-hearted; when you are old and about to kick the bucket, I reckon you can make it all right. The Cave by the Beech Fork A Story of Kentucky?1815 2011-05-07T02:00:28.747Z The lawsuit was suspended, for the time, and soon died out of itself, for the old gray kicked the bucket, three weeks later, out of pure idleness and over-feeding. Seed-time and Harvest A Novel 2011-04-18T02:00:12.023Z It was a good-sized piece of cold lead and the fellow may kick the bucket any minute. The Hills of Refuge A Novel 2011-04-09T02:00:10.530Z The last was the banking implosion, and a line making the rounds in Europe has it that Iceland’s final wish after its economy kicked the bucket was to spread its ashes across Europe. Abroad: Europe Under the Ash 2010-04-24T22:38:00Z I nearly pulled him through by treating him for snake-bite, but it was too long after, and he kicked the bucket, like the rest. Harley Greenoak's Charge Chrysanthus, a fine man and such a good fellow, kicked the bucket. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 August 1906 Some fool had been thar before, found gold, made a map of the place, and then kicked the bucket. The Frontiersman A Tale of the Yukon He made a furtive attempt to kick the bucket over, which was frustrated by the Deacon's watchfulness. Si Klegg, Book 5 (of 6) The Deacon's Adventures At Chattanooga In Caring For The Boys Then watch that spot where my game kicked the bucket; one of his mates is right now coming to drag the body away, to give it a wolf burial. The Boy Scouts in the Maine Woods The New Test for the Silver Fox Patrol But one kicked the bucket, and then there were Seven. Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 And now"—he glanced at the covered basket—"Tommy's kicked the bucket. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, February 8, 1890 Likewise by giving the origin of the phrase "To kick the bucket," as applied to the death of a person. Notes and Queries A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc “I suppose the old world would stop spinning if you should kick the bucket, Jimmy.” The Radio Boys at the Sending Station Making Good in the Wireless Room “Give a thousand,” he says, “or else you may kick the bucket for what I care!” Fruits of Culture "There's a hundred and one I'm trying to remember before I kick the bucket," murmured Werner. The Return of Blue Pete If ours, in its turn, kicks the bucket, the citizens of the stars will not be more moved than we are now. Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life "He that complies against his will," &c.; and "To kick the bucket." Notes and Queries A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc If I kick the bucket don't put a cross with ''E died for 'is King and Country' over me. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, February 16, 1916 “Those funny, fat, seven-fingered gentlemen have a nasty habit of ‘shamming Abraham,’ or pretending to have ‘kicked the bucket’ when they are all alive and hearty!” Bob Strong's Holidays Adrift in the Channel But, as I says to ye last night, says I, when that poor chap kicked the bucket as we’ve just been a-burying on, we ain’t seen the end on it yet. The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea The old man stroked his beard, and spoke softly, in a tone of sorrowing reminiscence: "He kicked the bucket." Jokes For All Occasions Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public Speakers “Jolly glad he’s not kicked the bucket, for one thing,” said Wallop. My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life I see," said Bobolink; "by that time the poor chap will either be recovered or else have kicked the bucket. The Banner Boy Scouts on a Tour, or, The Mystery of Rattlesnake Mountain "He'd soon kick the bucket, then, Giraffe, if he waited for any leavings from your platter," observed Davy Jones; "because I notice that you lick it clean every time." The Boy Scouts' First Camp Fire or, Scouting with the Silver Fox Patrol "Did he kick the bucket, doctor?" groaned out poor George. The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings If I kick the bucket," he said, "don't put a cross with ''E died for 'is King and Country' over me. The Red Horizon Let us hope he won't kick the bucket on our hands like Chevalier. A Mummer's Tale “I’m just waiting for him to kick the bucket and then I’m going to retire.” Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town An undertaker will place in his window a card bearing the words: "You kick the bucket; we do the rest." The Land of Contrasts A Briton's View of His American Kin Don't you know that when the sun begins to scorch a covey's head he must have water in his stomach, or he'll soon kick the bucket? The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia I must either show some genius or else kick the bucket.' His Masterpiece Now it's all over; I can kick the bucket; I am nearly distracted. Abbe Mouret's Transgression I acted for the best; I didn't want to see you kick the bucket, my boy. The Downfall No man gainsaid him, so they kicked the bucket down the well and went away. Wulfric the Weapon Thane My granny's kicked the bucket and left me a fortune! The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories Come, quick, it's your turn to kick the bucket. The Teeth of the Tiger "I shall buck the kickit—I mean kick the bucket if you don't." Frank Merriwell at Yale I told him that he wasn't ready to "kick the bucket" yet, for the boys needed him in Kansas City. The Second William Penn A true account of incidents that happened along the old Santa Fe Trail "Give a thousand," he says, "or else you may kick the bucket for what I care!" Redemption and two other plays I bet your long-lost uncle in the West has kicked the bucket, and left you all his ill-gotten gains. The Ashiel mystery A Detective Story If he knows his old tricky enemy has really and truly kicked the bucket, he'll rest easier this year. With Trapper Jim in the North Woods And the next that I remember was when we lost a cow; She had kicked the bucket for certain, the question was only—How? Farm Ballads Yes, he had got to the point when a fellow kicks the bucket declaring that he's quite well. L'Assommoir "Yes—kicked the bucket—" "Ah—has departed to that mysterious country from whose bourne no traveler returns." Roughing It, Part 5. Fine him a pot!" roared one, "for talking about kicking the bucket. Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography Better say simply "He died," or colloquially "He kicked the bucket," than "He propelled his pedal extremities with violence against the wooden pail which is customarily employed in the transportation of the aquatic fluid." The Century Vocabulary Builder If you are speaking or writing of a person having died last night don't say or write: "He hopped the twig," or "he kicked the bucket." How to Speak and Write Correctly Ah! a fine night to kick the bucket, this dirty night which was falling over her shoulders! L'Assommoir Just wipe the—sand out—o' my eyes, Bob—an' let me kick the bucket—without disturbin' nobody. The Long Chance She came to the opinion that the chit she had found "was far too wide awake to kick the bucket," and so she adopted her. The Fat and the Thin An', besides, Anton kicked the bucket two years before you an' me come to Alaska. Smoke Bellew He kicked the bucket one day: he died one day. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue She must have some pluck and sell herself coaxingly if she didn't wish to kick the bucket in the midst of the general revelry. L'Assommoir "You'd better stay here an' take the chief's job when he kicks the bucket—possibly you can speed the day by overfeedin' him!" The Ivory Trail "Say, a feller might kick the bucket in that time." Corporal Cameron of the North West Mounted Police; a tale of the Macleod trail She is going to kick the bucket, his Irish wife, the real one. The Nabob And Joscelyn's Lemon kicked the bucket and would not let down her milk till he sang to her, and then she gave in. Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard The two good angels would lie in the pauper's grave and all that could be in store for him was to kick the bucket like a dog in the gutter. L'Assommoir I suppose you think you'll get the rest when I kick the bucket, and all you have to do is lay back and wait! The Turmoil, a novel "You're right, it's enough to make one kick the bucket here," said Fauchery to his cousin when he had made good his escape from the circle of ladies. Four Short Stories By Emile Zola Gowing said: “I say, it wouldn’t be a bad thing for Lupin if old Posh kicked the bucket.” Diary of a Nobody But one's fit to kick the bucket in your palaces if one isn't in love. Four Short Stories By Emile Zola That night everyone seemed to have kicked the bucket. L'Assommoir It isn't possible; you must wait till your wife kicks the bucket. Four Short Stories By Emile Zola |
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