push up daisies

== English == === Alternative forms === push daisies, push up the daisies === Etymology === In allusion to the daisy flowers growing over a dead person's grave. Originated in World War I. === Pronunciation === === Verb === push up daisies (third-person singular simple present pushes up daisies, present participle pushing up daisies, simple past and past participle pushed up daisies) (idiomatic, euphemistic or humorous) To be dead. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== turn up one's toes to the daisies === References === === Further reading === “push up daisies” in Idioms and phrases, TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2026.