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11 Αυγ 2020 · The meaning of PUSHING UP DAISIES is to be dead. How to use pushing up daisies in a sentence.
be pushing up (the) daisies. idiom humorous. Add to word list. to be dead: I'll be pushing up the daisies long before it happens. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Death and dying. all-cause mortality. antemortem.
The phrase alludes to one having been buried, with daisies growing over one's burial plot. You'll be pushing up daisies when Mom finds out that you dented her brand-new car. I'll be pushing up the daisies long before the price of property goes down in our city.
This expression is used to refer to someone's death in a light-hearted or humorous way. That was the last time I saw the old rogue. I can only assume he's either in prison or pushing up the daisies. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.
2 Οκτ 2024 · pushing up daisies (not comparable) (euphemistic or humorous) Dead. Synonyms: six feet under; see also Thesaurus: dead.
5 ημέρες πριν · push up daisies (third-person singular simple present pushes up daisies, present participle pushing up daisies, simple past and past participle pushed up daisies) (idiomatic, euphemistic or humorous) To be dead.
Pushing up daisies is informal slang and shouldn’t be used by people who aren’t close to the deceased. It’s both an idiom and a metaphor because it’s symbolic. It has a couple of variations, like “feeding the daisies” or “pushing up poppies.”
