【原】kick the habit，肯定不能译为“踢习惯”，因为习惯是抽象的

不像习语 kick the bucket，它若被译成“踢桶”还说得过去，因为桶是具体的东西，kick the habit 不能译成“踢习惯”，因为习惯是抽象的东西，它可以意为“戒掉习惯”，而且通常指不好的习惯，相当于 break the habit，寓意：

to overcome an addiction especially of an addiction like drugs, smoke or drinks

克服上瘾，尤指毒品、烟或酒

to give up something you had been doing for a long time

放弃你做了很久的事

例如：

Even after trying so hard, I could not kick the habit of drinking.

即使在我努力尝试之后，我还是不能戒掉喝酒的习惯。

Doctors should try to persuade smokers to kick the habit.

医生应该设法说服吸烟者戒烟。

Teenagers spent a lot of time surfing on social media. They just can't kick the habit.

青少年花了很多时间在社交媒体上冲浪。他们就是不能戒掉这个习惯。

Once a child becomes accustomed to chewing his nails, it's difficult to kick the habit.

一旦孩子习惯了嚼指甲，就很难改掉这个习惯。

解析：accustomed to 后面接动名词，表示习惯做某事。

A person needs serious discipline to kick a habit like drinking.

一个人需要严格的纪律来戒除像喝酒这样的习惯。

You need to see the doctor since your can't break the habit of washing hand over and over again.

你得去看医生，因为你不能改掉反复洗手的习惯。

关于动词 kick，目前已经有两个对应的习语 kick the bucket 和 kick the habit，为了便于记忆，可以结合它们造一个句子，例如：

If you don't kick a habit like drinking, you will kick the bucket sooner or later.

如果你不戒掉像喝酒这样的习惯，你迟早会死掉的。