pushing up daisies

English

Alternative forms

• pushing daisies, pushing up the daisies

Verb

pushing up daisies

1. present participle and gerund of push up daisies

Adjective

pushing up daisies (not comparable)

1. (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., 2003–2024.
• “pushing up daisies”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “pushing up daisies”, in Collins English Dictionary.