kick the bucket

[kick off] {v. phr.} 1. To make the kick that begins a football game. * /John kicked off and the football game started./ 2. {informal} To begin; launch; start. * […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

bucket

[bucket] See: [KICK THE BUCKET], [RAIN CATS AND DOGS] or [RAIN BUCKETS]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

kick around

[kick around] {v.}, {informal} 1. To act roughly or badly to; treat badly; bully. * /John likes to kick around the little boys./ * /Mr. Jones is always kicking his […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

kick over

[kick over] {v.} 1. Of a motor: To begin to work. * /He had not used his car for two months and when he tried to start it, the motor […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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pip-squeak

[pip-squeak] {n.}, {informal} A small, unimportant person. * /If the club is really democratic, then every little pip-squeak […]

убить двух зайцев

[убить (сразу) двух зайцев] {perf.} {v. phr.} [u`b'it' (`srazu) `dvuh `zaicev] {literary} to kill two […]

George Clemenceau

(1841-1929), French politician War is a series of catastrophes which result in victory.

back away

[back away] {v.} To act to avoid or lessen one's involvement in something; draw or turn back; retreat. * /The townspeople […]