kicked the bucket

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In her Netflix documentary “Martha,” Martha Stewart famously said she was glad that one journalist — who covered her insider trading scandal in a rather scathing manner — had kicked the bucket.

From Salon • Nov. 19, 2024

"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."

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2023

“Since dinosaurs kicked the bucket, this is the biggest global warming event we have,” says Pincelli Hull, a paleoclimate scientist at Yale University.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 23, 2022

I corrected him, reminding Morrie that he and I met because we had both briefly kicked the bucket.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2022

Madame Ionesco swung her legs until they kicked the bucket, so to speak.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood