pushing up daisies

English

Alternative forms

• pushing daisies, pushing up the daisies

Pronunciation

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Verb

pushing up daisies

1. present participle and gerund of push up daisies

Adjective

pushing up daisies (not comparable)

1. (euphemistic or humorous) Dead.

   Synonyms: six feet under; see also Thesaurus:dead

Translations

dead

• Basque: beste mundura joana da, hankaz aurrera joana da
• Catalan: estar fent malves
• Czech: být pod drnem, čuchat ke kytkám odspodu impf
• French: manger les pissenlits par la racine (fr)
• German: die Radieschen von unten ansehen (de), die Radieschen von unten betrachten (de) (literally “to watch the radish from below”)
• Greek: είμαι στα θυμαράκια (eímai sta thymarákia)
• Irish: bheith ag iompar na bhfód (literally "be carrying the sods")
• Italian: andare a babboriveggoli
• Polish: wąchać kwiatki od spodu (pl)
• Portuguese: comendo capim pela raiz
• Spanish: estar criando malvas
• Turkish: nalları dikmiş
• Welsh: bod dan y dywarchen

Further reading

• “pushing up daisies” in Idioms and phrases, TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.
• “pushing up daisies”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “pushing up daisies”, in Collins English Dictionary.