alive and kicking

Idioms  

1. Also, alive and well. Alive and alert; living and healthy. For example, John's completely recovered; he's alive and kicking, or You're quite mistaken; our lawyer is alive and well. The first expression, sometimes shortened to live and kicking, originally was used by fishmongers hawking their wares to convince customers of their freshness and has been considered a cliché since about 1850. The variant originated in the 1960s as a denial of someone's reported death.

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Example Sentences

Dude-bro culture is alive and kicking, especially in a highly energized manosphere.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026

Another of the smaller parties is certainly alive and kicking: Plaid Cymru won both of its target seats at the election, ending up with four in total.

From BBC • Jul. 20, 2024

In other words mRNA-recipes of certain proteins show that the viruses are alive and kicking.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2024

And yet, the Rams’ playoff hopes are still alive and kicking.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2024

Then, recently, without her even asking, Minerva had confided to Dedd that their old friend was alive and kicking.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

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