push up daisies

verb

To be dead.

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Meanings

verbpush up daisies (third-person singular simple present pushes up daisies, present participle pushing up daisies, simple past and past participle pushed up daisies)

present singular third person pushes up daisies · participle present pushing up daisies · participle past pushed up daisies · past pushed up daisies · alternative push daisies · alternative push up the daisies

  1. euphemistichumorousidiomaticTo be dead.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
die

Origin

In allusion to the daisy flowers growing over a dead person's grave. Originated in World War I.

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Translations

Finnish kasvaa koiranputkea
  • kasvaa koiranputkeato be dead
French manger les pissenlits par la racine, bouffer les pissenlits par la racine
  • manger les pissenlits par la racineto be dead
  • bouffer les pissenlits par la racineto be dead
German die Radieschen von unten ansehen
  • die Radieschen von unten ansehento be dead
Greek βλέπω τα ραδίκια ανάποδα
  • βλέπω τα ραδίκια ανάποδα (vlépo ta radíkia anápoda)to be dead
Hungarian alulról szagolja az ibolyát
  • alulról szagolja az ibolyátto be dead
Polish wąchać kwiatki od spodu
  • wąchać kwiatki od spoduto be dead
Spanish criar malvas
  • criar malvasto be dead
Cite this entry
APA

push up daisies. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/push%20up%20daisies

MLA

“push up daisies.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/push%20up%20daisies. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “push up daisies,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/push%20up%20daisies.

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