pushing up the daisies
to be dead and buried
TRANSLATION
pushing up the daisies = sich die Radieschen von unten anschauen daisy = das Gänseblümchen --- How important is this English word? pushing up the daisies: 34,000 Google Hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Dolly PUSHING UP THE DAISIES. Dolly, the world's first cloned sheep, has been euthanized after being diagnosed with progressive lung disease, the Roslin Institute has said.
(adapted from CNN report)
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Bereft of life, it rests in peace, if you hadn't nailed it to the perch it would be PUSHING UP THE DAISIES!
(a line from Monty Python's Flying Circus in the Dead Parrot Sketch)
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pushing up the daisies
idiomatic phrase
- To die and be buried.
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WORD ORIGIN
Flowers, and in particular daisies, have played a significant role in images of death for some time. The daisy image likely originated from the expression “to turn one's toes to the daisies”. Counting the daisies is another common expression.
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SYNONYMS
It would require a small dictionary to list all of the different expressions that relate to death. Here are just a few:
bite the dust, kick the bucket, cash in your chips, pay the piper, be six feet under, answer the last call, meet the grim reaper, belly up, checked out, cold, cut off, deceased, departed, done for, expired, extinct, gone, late, no more, offed, passed away, perished, rubbed out, snuffed out
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IMPRESS YOUR FRIENDS TODAY
say something like:
“Our competitor's stock price has been on a downhill slide for weeks. They'll be pushing up the daisies before long. ”
idiomatic phrase
- To die and be buried.
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WORD ORIGIN
Flowers, and in particular daisies, have played a significant role in images of death for some time. The daisy image likely originated from the expression “to turn one's toes to the daisies”. Counting the daisies is another common expression.
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SYNONYMS
It would require a small dictionary to list all of the different expressions that relate to death. Here are just a few:
bite the dust, kick the bucket, cash in your chips, pay the piper, be six feet under, answer the last call, meet the grim reaper, belly up, checked out, cold, cut off, deceased, departed, done for, expired, extinct, gone, late, no more, offed, passed away, perished, rubbed out, snuffed out
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IMPRESS YOUR FRIENDS TODAY
say something like:
“Our competitor's stock price has been on a downhill slide for weeks. They'll be pushing up the daisies before long. ”
