I'll be around when you're pushing up daisies.
Don't play with guns or you may push up the daisies.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
push up the daisies — (informal) To be dead and buried • • • Main Entry: ↑push … Useful english dictionary
push up the daisies — to be dead Referring to the supposed nourishment of the common churchyard flower. Less often as push up the weeds: If I d been born fifty years sooner I d have been pushing up the daisies by now. (N. Mitford, 1960) And there are… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
push up the daisies — die, pass away … English contemporary dictionary
push (up the) daisies — Be in one s grave … A concise dictionary of English slang
Push th' Little Daisies — is a single released by the band Ween appearing on their third Album Pure Guava in 1992. It was released as a single in 1993.The song was a hit in Australia, spending 13 weeks on the Australian singles chart and peaking at number 18 [cite web |… … Wikipedia
the count — death Boxing imagery. The long count, though rarer, shows greater knowledge of the sport. To put out for the count, again from boxing, is to make unconscious rather than to kill. To count the daisies is to be dead, the sums being done from… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
push up daisies — {v. phr.}, {slang} To be dead and buried. * /I ll be around when you re pushing up daisies./ * /Don t play with guns or you may push up the daisies./ … Dictionary of American idioms
push up daisies — {v. phr.}, {slang} To be dead and buried. * /I ll be around when you re pushing up daisies./ * /Don t play with guns or you may push up the daisies./ … Dictionary of American idioms
push\ up\ daisies — v. phr. slang To be dead and buried. I ll be around when you re pushing up daisies. Don t play with guns or you may push up the daisies … Словарь американских идиом
push — (v.) c.1300, from O.Fr. poulser, from L. pulsare to beat, strike, push, frequentative of pellere (pp. pulsus) to push, drive, beat (see PULSE (Cf. pulse) (1)). The noun is first recorded 1570. Meaning approach a certain age is from 1937. Meaning… … Etymology dictionary
