- pushing up the daisies
- Pushing up the daisiesIf someone is said to be pushing up the daisies, they are dead.
The small dictionary of idiomes. 2014.
pushing up the daisies
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pushing up (the) daisies — informal dead and buried. → daisy … English new terms dictionary
pushing up the daisies — ► pushing up (the) daisies informal dead and buried. Main Entry: ↑daisy … English terms dictionary
pushing up the daisies — (slang) Dead (and buried) • • • Main Entry: ↑daisy … Useful english dictionary
pushing up the daisies — If someone is said to be pushing up the daisies, they are dead. (Dorking School Dictionary) *** To say that someone is pushing up the daisies means that they are dead. Old Johnny Barnes? He s been pushing up the daisies for over 10 … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
Pushing up the daisies — If someone is said to be pushing up the daisies, they are dead … Dictionary of English idioms
be pushing up the daisies — be pushing up (the) daisies humorous to be dead. It won t affect me anyway. I ll be pushing up the daisies long before it happens … New idioms dictionary
be pushing up (the) daisies — humorous phrase to be dead Thesaurus: deadsynonym Main entry: daisy … Useful english dictionary
(be) pushing up (the) daisies — be ˌpushing up (the) ˈdaisies idiom (old fashioned, humorous) to be dead and in a grave Main entry: ↑pushidiom … Useful english dictionary
push up the daisies — to be dead Referring to the supposed nourishment of the common churchyard flower. Less often as push up the weeds: If I d been born fifty years sooner I d have been pushing up the daisies by now. (N. Mitford, 1960) And there are… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
push\ up\ the\ daisies — v. phr. slang To be dead and buried. I ll be around when you re pushing up daisies. Don t play with guns or you may push up the daisies … Словарь американских идиом
