alive and kicking
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4.3
- idiom
- Informal
:
vivo y coleando
- My mother is alive and kicking and she's a very spirited person.
Prescribed, but of course, still alive and kicking, as has been often demonstrated.
- Prescribed, but of course, still alive and kicking, as has been often demonstrated.
- My mother is alive and kicking and she's a very spirited person.
- Now it's the recent one is the ISIS and but all the old ones, Hezbollah and Hamas and Iran, they are all alive and kicking.
- Well, I'm still alive and kicking and, and I, I, this first solo album was interesting.
Examples
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Competition is needed to keep this industry alive and kicking.
Blog text (21) -
My mother is alive and kicking and she's a very spirited person.
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No, unfortunately for me, mine is still alive and kicking.
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I want these people alive and kicking.
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Six years later, he is still very much alive and kicking.
Blog text (6) -
Gentlemen, I am delighted to see you all still alive and kicking.
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Yes, these stars are alive and kicking and having a blast.
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New business creation and innovation is alive and kicking at Slush and in the region.
Blog text (3) -
Despite leftist laments, Israel's democracy is alive and kicking and actually faring better than it did previously.
Academic text (2013) -
Gentlemen, I am delighted to see you all still alive and kicking.
Synonyms
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'still active, healthy, or continuing to exist' follows directly from combining 'alive' (living) with 'kicking' (acting energetically), so a learner who knows both constituents can infer the intended sense of being not only alive but vigorous. This juxtaposition is semantically compositional and mirrors similar expressions in other languages, making it readily comprehensible to a B1 learner.
Etymology
The idiom alive and kicking comes from the simple image of someone who is clearly alive and still moving their legs, kicking, full of energy. That's why it means 'still active' or 'healthy'.