| 词汇 | push up (the) daisies |
| 释义 | push up (the) daisiesslang To be deceased. The phrase alludes to one having been buried, with daisies growing over one's burial plot. You'll be pushing up daisies when Mom finds out that you dented her brand-new car. I'll be pushing up the daisies long before the price of property goes down in our city. pushing up (the) daisiesFig. dead and buried. (Usually in the future tense.) I'll be pushing up daisies before this problem is solved. If you talk to me like that again, you'll be pushing up the daisies. push up daisiesBe 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. pushing up the daisiesdead and buried. informalThis phrase, a humorous early 20th-century euphemism, is now the most frequently used of several daisy-related expressions for being in the grave. Other idioms include under the daisies and turn your toes up to the daisies , both dating from the mid 19th century. pushing up daisies mod. dead and buried. (Folksy. Usually in the future tense.) I’ll be pushing up daisies before this problem is solved. push up daisiesSlang To be dead and buried: a cemetery of heroes pushing up daisies. |
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