pushes up daisies
Buried and gone
To push up daisies is to be dead and buried—the image being of a corpse underground with flowers growing above.
The phrase is humorous or dismissive rather than solemn: If you keep driving like that, you'll be pushing up daisies.
Almost always used in the progressive form.
- passed awayDied, said gently
- met their makerDied, in euphemism
- six feet underDead and buried
- graveSerious and worrying
- tombstoneMemorial stone at grave
kicked the bucket · bought the farm · bit the dust · obituary · dearly departed · departed · funeral · corpse · afterlife · crossed over · shuffled off this mortal coil · burial · eternal rest · rest in peace · demise · worm food · expiration · last rites
life status
pushes up daisiesalive and kicking
Healthy and active
alive and well · alive · living · breathing · hale and hearty
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