pushing up daisies

pushing up daisies
mod. dead and buried. (Folksy. 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 daisies.

Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions. 2015.

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  • pushing up daisies — adjective Dead. Syn: six feet under …   Wiktionary

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  • pushing up daisies — Phrs. Dead …   English slang and colloquialisms

  • be pushing up daisies — informal + humorous : to be dead We ll all be pushing up daisies by the time the government balances the budget. • • • Main Entry: ↑daisy be pushing up daisies see ↑daisy • • • Main Entry: ↑push …   Useful english dictionary

  • be pushing up daisies — be pushing up (the) daisies humorous to be dead. It won t affect me anyway. I ll be pushing up the daisies long before it happens …   New idioms dictionary

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