kick oneself

Idioms and Phrases

Berate oneself, reproach one-self, as in I've been kicking myself all day for forgetting the keys . [Late 1800s]

Example Sentences

Moreover, an actual relationship with someone I immediately respected and increasingly, a bonus, liked — one can kick oneself all one wants at the thought that it shouldn’t take a personal interaction to spark personal evolution, but for many of us frail humans it does — led me to an increasingly crystalline conclusion:

From Washington Post

Portions are so big, we never made it to dessert, something to kick oneself for given Earnhardt’s prodigious baking skills.

From Seattle Times

In today’s nonstop discount marketplace, virtually every shopper has purchased an item at what seems to be a fair price—only to kick oneself a week later when it pops up in a much cheaper sale.

From Time

You know the feeling—how one wants to get behind a hedge and kick oneself.

From Project Gutenberg

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