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push up daisies

push up daisies

Be dead and buried, as in There is a cemetery full of heroes pushing up daisies. This slangy expression, alluding to flowers growing over a grave, was first recorded about 1918, in one of Wilfred Owen's poems about World War I.
See also: daisy, push, up

push up daisies

Slang
To be dead and buried: a cemetery of heroes pushing up daisies.
See also: daisy, push, up

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Gal (2)-Slovene
Abraham['eibrəhæm]
LucasLOO-kəs (English), LUY-kahs (Dutch), luy-KAH (French), LOO-kəsh (Portuguese), LOO-kahs (Spanish)English, Dutch, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Biblical Latin
Tadeu-Portuguese
KathlynKATH-linEnglish
BurkhartBOORK-hahrt (German)German, Ancient Germanic
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