When did he kick the bucket?

他是什么时候去世的？

His heirs were greedily waiting for him to kick the bucket.

他的继承人正眼巴巴地盼着他死呢。

They keep one plane on permanent standby in case I should kick the bucket.

他们有一架长期待命的飞机，在我翘辫子的时候用。

What was the point of all that effort when his uncle would soon kick the bucket and the old boy's house and money would be his?

既然他的叔叔不久就要翘辫子了，而他的房子和钱都归自己，自己何必要去费那么些功夫？

What's more, if some asset in the AWS network also decides to kick the bucket, you can bet that your mission-critical messages won't be lost — they'll still exist on any number of other machines.

而且，如果 AWS 网络中的一些资产也决定被销毁，您可以确信您的任务关键型消息不会被丢失 — 它们将继续存在于任意数量的其他机器上。