push up the daisies — to be dead and buried (humorous idiom)
Part of speech: VERB
Definition: to be dead and buried (humorous idiom)
Pronunciation (IPA): /pʊʃ ʌp ðə ˈdeɪziz/
Example Sentences
- My grandfather has been pushing up the daisies for over ten years now.
- Keep eating junk food like that and you'll be pushing up the daisies before you're 50!
- The old oak tree where we used to play is gone, and so is everyone who planted it - they're all pushing up the daisies now.
push up the daisies
VERB[/pʊʃ ʌp ðə ˈdeɪziz/]
to be dead and buried (humorous idiom)
💡 Concept
After the long battle, the old warrior will push up the daisies on this quiet hill.
🎵 Rhyme
While they push up the daisies, we dance like crazies!
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🎤Pronunciation
🇺🇸 US/pʊʃ ʌp ðə ˈdeɪziz/
🇬🇧 UK/pʊʃ ʌp ðə ˈdeɪziz/
🌳Etymology
🎵Rhyme
crazieslazies
crazies
lazies
🔗Collocations
be pushing up the daisies
end up pushing up the daisies
soon be pushing up the daisies
already pushing up the daisies
long been pushing up the daisies
📝Examples
“My grandfather has been pushing up the daisies for over ten years now.”
😄 Fun example
“Keep eating junk food like that and you'll be pushing up the daisies before you're 50!”
“The old oak tree where we used to play is gone, and so is everyone who planted it - they're all pushing up the daisies now.”
😄 Fun example
“Don't worry about him - he's been pushing up the daisies since the Civil War!”
📚Related Words
Synonyms
kick the bucketbite the dustpass awaymeet one's makersix feet under
Antonyms
alive and kickinglivingbreathing
Related
cemeterygravefuneralmortalityeuphemism
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