BUCKET LIST
What is the Meaning of the Expression
(on one’s) BUCKET LIST?
English teaching for English Language Learners (ELL) who are learning to speak English as a Second Language (ESL) or English as an Additional Language (EAL)
Definition:
A bucket list is a list of things you want to do, or hope to do, before you die.
Example:
Most of the things on my bucket list involve traveling. What about you? What’s on your bucket list?
This expression comes from the idiom KICK THE BUCKET. KICK THE BUCKET is an old expression in English but did you know that BUCKET LIST is quite new to the English language? It started with the 2007 movie The Bucket List.
