push up daisies

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

8 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: kasvaa koiranputkea — to be dead
• French: manger les pissenlits par la racine — to be dead
• French: bouffer les pissenlits par la racine — to be dead
• German: die Radieschen von unten ansehen — to be dead
• Greek: βλέπω τα ραδίκια ανάποδα (vlépo ta radíkia anápoda) — to be dead
• Hungarian: alulról szagolja az ibolyát — to be dead
• Polish: wąchać kwiatki od spodu — to be dead
• Spanish: criar malvas — to be dead