This document discusses the idiomatic phrase "kick the bucket", which is an informal way to say that someone has died. It provides the definition of the phrase as meaning "to die" and includes two example sentences using it in context to refer to dying in the hospital or without visiting Alaska first.
This document discusses the idiomatic phrase "kick the bucket", which is an informal way to say that someone has died. It provides the definition of the phrase as meaning "to die" and includes two example sentences using it in context to refer to dying in the hospital or without visiting Alaska first.
This document discusses the idiomatic phrase "kick the bucket", which is an informal way to say that someone has died. It provides the definition of the phrase as meaning "to die" and includes two example sentences using it in context to refer to dying in the hospital or without visiting Alaska first.
MEANING - Considered a euphemistic, informal, or slang term meaning 'to die'.
SENTENCE - I'm in the hospital now, and I guess I'll kick the bucket here. But it would be a sad thing to kick the bucketwithout having been to Alaska.
The Masks of Oscar Wilde Author(s) : B. H. Fussell Source: The Sewanee Review, Vol. 80, No. 1 (Winter, 1972), Pp. 124-139 Published By: Stable URL: Accessed: 12/06/2014 18:56