kick the bucket

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to die

   ...whether or not we crack the equation before I kick the bucket.

   well, kick the bucket.

In the movies · 5

• Your mother kicked the bucket...His Girl Friday1940
• Did you hear that? Pizza kicked the bucket.Spaceballs1987
• Don't tell me brakes or me almost kicking the bucket out there.Ford v Ferrari2019
• well, kick the bucket.Sonic the Hedgehog2020
• ...whether or not we crack the equation before I kick the bucket.Interstellar2014
• For a minute there, I thought you'd kicked the bucket.Trolls World Tour2020
• -Kick the bucket. -Buy the farm.Patch Adams1998

Learn it in full scenes

• His Girl Friday1940
  • Hildy Tells Walter She's Remarrying
  • Hildy Quits the Post
  • Walter Meets Bruce Baldwin
• Interstellar2014
  • The Ghost in Murph's Bookshelf
  • Cooper Stumbles Into Secret NASA
  • Cooper Says Goodbye to Murph

From the same entry

• kick ass
• kick ass
• kick the can down the road
• kick the habit, drug, booze
• kick your heels
• kick in the teeth
• kick into the long grass touch
• kick over the traces
• kick the tyres
• kick up a fuss, stink
• kick up your heels
• kick upstairs

More idioms

• the beginning of the end
• a dime a dozen
• a good bet
• at worst
• be honoured
• be in awe of
• be in the driving seat
• by hand
• do good
• don't make me laugh
• find fault
• get your feet wet