"push up daisies" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-push up daisies.ogg Forms: pushes up daisies [present, singular, third-person], pushing up daisies [participle, present], pushed up daisies [participle, past], pushed up daisies [past]
Etymology: In allusion to the daisy flowers growing over a dead person's grave. Originated in World War I. Head templates: {{en-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)
  1. (idiomatic, euphemistic or humorous) To be dead. Tags: euphemistic, humorous, idiomatic Categories (topical): Death Synonyms: push daisies, push up the daisies Derived forms: pushing up daisies [adjective] Related terms: turn up one's toes to the daisies Translations (idiomatic: to be dead): kasvaa koiranputkea (Finnish), manger les pissenlits par la racine (French), bouffer les pissenlits par la racine (French), die Radieschen von unten ansehen (German), βλέπω τα ραδίκια ανάποδα (vlépo ta radíkia anápoda) (Greek), alulról szagolja az ibolyát (Hungarian), wąchać kwiatki od spodu [imperfective] (Polish), criar malvas (Spanish)

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      "word": "kasvaa koiranputkea"
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      "word": "alulról szagolja az ibolyát"
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      "sense": "idiomatic: to be dead",
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