Phrase guide

pushing up daisies

adj · verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Dead.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: euphemistic, humorous, not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: six feet under, asleep, at rest, blessed, cadaverous, clay-cold, deceased, resting, decomposed, defunct, departed, expired, extinct, fey, gone, good, inanimate, inert, kaput, killed, late, lifeless, living impaired, low, no longer with us, no more, perished, reposing, six feet deep, stiff, unalive, unalived, wasted, whilom, with God

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

present participle and gerund of push up daisies

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Basque: beste mundura joana da — dead
  • Basque: hankaz aurrera joana da — dead
  • Catalan: estar fent malves — dead
  • Czech: být pod drnem — dead
  • Czech: čuchat ke kytkám odspodu — dead
  • French: manger les pissenlits par la racine — dead
  • German: die Radieschen von unten ansehen — dead
  • German: die Radieschen von unten betrachten — dead
  • Greek: είμαι στα θυμαράκια (eímai sta thymarákia) — dead
  • Irish: bheith ag iompar na bhfód — dead
  • Italian: andare a babboriveggoli — dead
  • Polish: wąchać kwiatki od spodu — dead
  • Portuguese: comendo capim pela raiz — dead
  • Spanish: estar criando malvas — dead
  • Turkish: nalları dikmiş — dead
  • Welsh: bod dan y dywarchen — dead