kick it . end a bad or unwanted habit（such as drinking， smoking or drug addiction）戒除不良恶习（如饮酒、抽烟、吸毒等）
Farnsworth finally kicked it ；he's in good shape．法恩斯沃思终于改掉了恶习，现在身体很好。
kick off . （football）begin the game by kicking the ball（足球）中线开球
The match is due to kick off at half past four p．m．足球比赛定于下午四点半开始。
John kicked off and the football game started．约翰开球，足球比赛开始了。
kick off . begin；launch；start开始；发起
The candidate kicked off his campaign with a speech on television．这位候选人以一篇电视演说而开始他的竟选活动。
We kicked off with group singing．我们以合唱开始了演出。
Who will kick off with the first question for our speaker? 谁愿意开头炮，向我们演讲者提问题?
kick off . die死；亡故
He was almost eighty years old when he kicked off．他去世时已差不多八十岁了。
I hear poor old Charlie has kicked off．我听说可怜的老查理已经死了。
After his wife kicked off， he lived with his son．妻子死后，他就和儿子一起生活。
kick off . stop operating停止运转
The old washing machine has kicked off again．那台旧洗衣机又不转动了。
kick on . begin working suddenly突然工作
Suddenly the motor kicked on，when I had almost given up hope．就在我快要失望的时候，马达突然起动了。
kick oneself . be sorry or ashamed； regret抱怨自己；自责；懊悔
When John missed the train， he kicked himself for not having left earlier．当约翰没赶上火车时，他埋怨自己没早点出门。
No sooner had I uttered the words than I kicked myself for I knew they were utterly wrong．我这些话刚一出口就懊悔了，因为我意识到这些话全错了。
kick out . make somebody leave a place， often for a fault（因犯错误）开除某人
If I were you，I would kick those people out of the company．如果我是你，我就会把这些人赶出公司。
When we found out that he had lied，we immediately kicked him out of the club．当我们发现他说谎时，立即将他从俱乐部开除出去了。
The worker was kicked out because he had offended the manager．那位员工因得罪经理而被开除了。
kick out . resist strenuously拼命抵抗
Don't treat him like that， or he'll kick out．不要那样对待他，否则他会极力反抗的。
kick over . （of a motor） begin to work（发动机）发动；开始工作
Try as he would， he couldn't kick the motor over．他怎么努力试，也无法使马达发动起来。
He had not used his car for two months and when he tried to start it，the motor would not kick over．他已有两个月没有用汽车了，当他试着发动时，马达已发动不起来了。
kick over . pay；contribute付款；捐赠
The highway men forced the travellers to kick over all the money they had．拦路的强盗向旅行者勒索他们身上所有的钱。
The gang forced all the store keepers on the block to kick over ＄10 a week．这帮流氓强迫这条街上所有的商店每周交出10美元来。
kick over the traces . jump the traces .break the rules；behave in an undisciplined way犯规；不遵守纪律；不受纪律约束
When their teacher was absent and they had a substitute， the children kicked over the traces．当他们的老师请假并请了一位代课老师时，孩子们闹翻了天。
kick up . stir up（trouble）；make or cause a disturbance， scene，惹起（麻烦）；引起（骚乱等）；大吵大闹
You have to handle him diplomatically or else he'll kick up a lot of trouble．对待他要策略点，否则他会捣乱的。
A crowd of youths outside the door were kicking up such a noise that we could scarcely hear ourselves speak． 门外一群青年人大声吵闹，我们几乎听不见自己的讲话。
kick up . show signs of not working right 身体有不舒服的感觉；发生故障
He had had too much to eat and his stomach started to kick up．他吃得太多了，胃不舒服。
After working well for a year， the air conditioner suddenly started kicking up．这台空调器正常工作了一年以后突然出了毛病。
kick up . drive or force dust，upward by kicking扬起灰尘等
The car picked up speed and was soon veiled by the clouds of dust it kicked up．汽车越开越快，不一会儿就被扬起的灰尘淹没了。
The truck kicked a cloud of dust up．卡车扬起了一大片灰尘。
kick up a fuss . kick up a dust . kick up a row . make trouble； make a disturbance 惹事端；起骚扰
Don't kick up a fuss about such trifles！不要为这点小事就吵吵嚷嚷！
When the teacher left the classroom， two boys kicked up a row．老师离开教室时，两个男孩开始打了起来。
If I refuse to go to the theater， my wife is sure to kick up a row．如果我拒绝去戏院，我妻子一定会大闹一场。
She is the kind of person who will kick up a fuss about a very trivial matter．她是那种为一点小事就会大吵大闹的人。
kick up one's heels . have a merry time； celebrate欢欣鼓舞；庆祝
When exams were over， the students went to town to kick up their heels．考试结束后，学生们进城去欢庆了一番。
The children kicked up their heels as soon as they were let out of school．孩子们一放学就高兴得手舞足蹈。
kill or cure 要么医好要么治死；不是成功便是失败；成败在此一举
The operation will kill or cure the patient. 这手术要么治好病人的病，要么使之送命。
I can't get stain out of the carpet . so I think I'll try soaking it in petrol . it will be a case of kill or cure. 我去不掉地毯上的那个污点，因此我想试用汽油浸泡，那是孤注一掷的办法了！