bucket list

bucket list

A list of accomplishments or tasks one hopes to do or achieve before one dies. "Bucket" here is taken from the phrase "kick the bucket," meaning to die. Sky-diving is the number-one thing on my bucket list.
See also: bucket, list
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • candidate
  • candidate for a pair of wings
  • a candidate for a pair of wings
  • 1FTR
  • drive (one) out of office
  • force (one) out of office
  • force out of office
  • cooking for one
  • deep water
  • as one door closes, another (one) opens
References in periodicals archive
There are, as I have conclusively proved, 10 good reasons not to have a bucket list. And yet despite my aversion to regimented thought - with the obvious exception of Number Seven - I have often found myself hankering to do two things.
Ten good reasons not to compile a list; ANDY RICHARDSON
It is definitely on my bucket list, something I definitely want to do," the 31-year-old told media.
World Cup is on bucket list, says Nathan Lyon
"The fearless 82-year-old travelled to the UAE to visit her family, and to tick one last thing off her bucket list - a tandem skydive," Skydive Dubai wrote on its Instagram page.
Video: 82-year-old woman goes skydiving in UAE
When Jack Miller's owners realized that the 14-year-old one-eyed Parson Russel Terrier has only months to live because of his jaw cancer, they created a bucket list for him to accomplish.
WATCH: Dog with terminal cancer becomes honorary police dog for a day
"He did this bucket list up and didn't really tell us about it.
Cancer battle dad's bucket list dreams; Darren, 33, is on a mission to create family memories
Bucket List is that feel-good film that brings a smile to your face," said Dixit Nene in an interview with Gulf News tabloid!
Madhuri Dixit opens up about life and joys in 'Bucket List'
On Tuesday, bikers from around Cyprus gathered to surprise Hardy and helped to fulfil his top wish on his bucket list: to ride on a Harley Davidson motorbike.
Paphos pulls together for Billy's 'bucket list'
We are sure this Bucket List challenge, and the other fantastic events planned to celebrate World Heritage Day, will encourage even more visitors to experience the wonders of our World Heritage Sites.'
Dig It! 2017 challenge unveils Scotland's heritage sites for travellers
The Fill Your Bucket List foundation has only been around since 2014, and the foundation's resources are limited, but growing.
Emergency Reconstruction Employee Helps Make Super Bowl Dream Come True
THE great-grandson of author J R R Tolkien, who wrote Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, is to complete a bucket list of challenges set by his late brother.
Lord of the 50 things... Great-grandson of Hobbit author to finish bucket list for his motor neurone disease victim brother
VILLA defender Joleon Lescott has described how Saturday's Premier League draw helped him tick an item off his bucket list.
Captain Joleon realises boyhood dream
It turns out the 46-year-old was just completing the first of 50 bucket list challenges set by his deceased brother Mike.
I fell at brother's funeral to tick it off his bucket list
And today, as Jo told how her sight became more impaired since the surgery, she told why she formed her bucket list The charity worker, of Low Fell, Gateshead, said: "My sight loss has deteriorated since I can hear.
Jo Milne:There's just so much that I want to do before my sight fails
Pop superstar Cheryl Fernandez-Versini has stepped in to help a desperately ill Tyneside boy complete his bucket list.
Pop superstar Cheryl Fernandez-Versini steps in to help sick North Tyneside boy; Cheryl Fernandez-Versini is helping brave North Tyneside nine-year-old Callum McGilligan who is preparing a bucket list
The Very Big Bucket List Ball was held at De Courcey's Manor to celebrate the life of Cathy McLean from Old St Mellons, former director of RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) Wales, who passed away at the age of 59 on Valentine's Day 2014.
Bucket list ball in memory of dear friend