From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishkick yourselfkick yourselfspokenANNOY used to say that you are annoyed with yourself because you have done something silly, made a mistake etc You’ll kick yourself when I tell you the answer. United will be kicking themselves for missing several chances. → kick
Examples from the Corpus
kick yourself• A few executives, though, kicked themselves.• Glen Day had eight birdies in a round of 64 and was kicking himself.• It was easy to see that the boy was kicking himself.• Jeeze, I could kick myself.• She was kicking herself for forgetting the most basic Capricorn trait of allowing nothing to stand in the way of their goal.• I could have kicked myself for getting her name wrong.• Never slam a door in temper, you may need to come back through it in the future: kick yourself instead.• Blue is shocked by the fare and kicks himself mentally for not following the woman instead.• I have to kick myself to think that it was Xmas only 3 weeks ago. 