get a kick out of (something/someone), to
get a kick out of (something/someone), to
To derive pleasurable excitement from. This twentieth-century American expression achieved immortality in Cole Porter’s song, “I Get a Kick out of You” (from Anything Goes, 1934).
See also: get, kick, of, out
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
- at this juncture/moment/point in time
- go while the going is good
- the suspense is killing me
- get stiffed, to
- color of your money, let's see the
- what do you know, (well)
- God's gift to the world
- be here for (something)
- the pits, (it's)
- egg in your beer, what do you want?