push up daisies en · VERB
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
Etymology
In allusion to the daisy flowers growing over a dead person's grave. Originated in World War I.
Meanings
- (euphemistic, humorous, idiomatic) To be dead.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pushed up daisies | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| pushed up daisies | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| pushes up daisies | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| push up the daisies | alternative | lexicographic | |
| push daisies | alternative | lexicographic | |
| pushing up daisies | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Relateds
turn up one's toes to the daisies
Translations (8)
pl wąchać kwiatki od spodu (to be dead) · fr bouffer les pissenlits par la racine (to be dead) · es criar malvas (to be dead) · fi kasvaa koiranputkea (to be dead) · el βλέπω τα ραδίκια ανάποδα (to be dead) · de die Radieschen von unten ansehen (to be dead) · fr manger les pissenlits par la racine (to be dead) · hu alulról szagolja az ibolyát (to be dead)