Dying
As good as dead.
This idiom or expression means:
Dying.
Not active.
Will be dead.
Heading in the direction of being dead.
If you say “He’s as good as dead,” it could mean any of the following:
He’s dying.
He’s not active.
He’ll die very soon.
He will be killed very soon.
If I see him again, he’ll be in trouble. Etc.
Kick the bucket.
This idiom or expression means:
To die.
Before I kick the bucket, I like to see the world.
Compare to:
Bucket list.
History:
In the old days, when they wanted to slaughter an animal, they used to hang it upside down from a wooden frame, called a “bucket”. The animal’s throat was then cut. As the animal was bleeding to death, it would “kick the bucket”.
