VOA慢速英语:Get Your ‘Kick’ with Words

短语讲解：

1. And that same life -- many years later -- comes to its end in a widely-used expression, to kick the bucket, meaning to die.

kick the bucket 死掉; 翘辫子
例句：If I take your medicine, I'll definitely kick the bucket.
如果我吃了你的药，我就会死掉的。

2. Another old expression that comes from England is to kick over the traces, meaning to resist the commands of one's parents, or to oppose or reject authority.

kick over the traces 不受约束
例句：All teenagers kick over the traces at some time. 
有时候年轻人不守常规。 

3. There are times when workers are forced to kick back some of their wages to their employers as part of their job.

kick back 踢回
例句：Every once in a while you gotta kick back.
而每次总会被踢回来。

4. Kick around is a phrase that is heard often in American English.

Kick around <口>谈论; <口>存在; 漫不经心地踢
例句：Let's kick around a few more proposals before we come to a final.
我们最后决定之前多考虑几个方案吧。

5. Health campaigns urge smokers to kick the habit.

kick the habit 戒除嗜好，戒除陋习
例句：people are beginning to kick the bad habit. 
人们开始戒除这个坏习惯。