snuffing it
Kicking the bucket
Snuffing it is British slang for dying: Poor old Harold finally snuffed it last Tuesday.
The expression is casual and slightly irreverent, typically used for natural death rather than violence.
It derives from snuff out, as one extinguishes a candle flame.
- demiseCessation of existence
- kicking the bucketSlang for perishing
- passing awayEuphemism for dying
- giving up the ghostDying or stopping permanently
- bereavementState following loss
expiration · decease · mourning · extinction · cessation · perish · crossing over · final curtain · croaking · biting the dust · popping one's clogs · mortality · sorrow · meeting one's maker · pushing up daisies · grief · loss · anguish
snuffing itsurviving
Remaining alive or intact
living · staying alive · pulling through · making it · hanging on
snuffing itrecovering
Regaining health or strength
bouncing back · getting better · rallying · perking up · thriving
snuffing itliving
Currently having breath
being alive · surviving · thriving · existing · carrying on