What does kick the bucket mean?
Idiom Meaning:
die
Examples of this Idiom in Movies & TV Shows:
Daria “It Happened One Nut” (1999)
Time of Scene:
Helen: Daria, have you given any thought to your career plans?
Daria Morgendorffer: I guess I’ll just wait around for people to kick the bucket.
Helen: I can’t believe you’re not more ambitious.
Daria Morgendorffer: You want me to kill people to drum up business?
His Gal Friday (1940)
Time of Scene:
Hildy Johnson: Poor Walter. He’ll toss and turn all night. Perhaps we better tell him Mother’s coming along, too.
Walter Burns: Mother? Why? Your mother kicked the bucket!
Bruce Baldwin: No, my mother. My mother.
Walter Burns: Oh, your mother. Oh, well that relieves my mind.
Hildy Johnson: It was cruel of us to let you suffer that way. Isn’t Walter sweet? Always wanting to protect me.
Patch Adams (1998)
Time of Scene:
Bill Davis: To check out.
Hunter Patch Adams: To shuffle off this mortal coil.
Bill Davis: To head for the happy hunting ground.
Hunter Patch Adams: To blink for an exceptionally long period of time.
Bill Davis: To find oneself without breath.
Hunter Patch Adams: To be the incredible decaying man.
Bill Davis: Worm buffet.
Hunter Patch Adams: Kick the bucket.
Bill Davis: Buy the farm.
Hunter Patch Adams: Take the cab.
Bill Davis: Cash in your chips.
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