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

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

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2024

I thought you had the royals and a few barons with meaningless titles, but actually there’s still aristocrats who are very much alive and kicking in the U.K.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2024

As for the issue once described as Scotland's shame - few would argue that sectarianism isn't alive and kicking inside Scottish football grounds in 2024.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 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

Related Words

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