pushing up daisies

English

Alternative forms

pushing daisies, pushing up the daisies

Pronunciation

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Verb

pushing up daisies

present participle and gerund of push up daisies

Adjective

pushing up daisies (not comparable)

(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., 2003–2025.
“pushing up daisies”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
“pushing up daisies”, in Collins English Dictionary.