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.

push up daisies

Slang

To be dead and buried: a cemetery of heroes pushing up daisies.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Gudbrand	-	Norwegian, Danish
Iliyana	-	Bulgarian
Evie	['evi]
Eric	ER-ik (English)	English, Swedish, German, Spanish
Shir (2)	-	Persian (Rare)
Aboubacar	-	Western African