pushing up daisies

phrase

informal + humorous

: to be dead

We'll all be pushing up daisies by the time the government balances the budget.

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The storyline keeps viewers guessing as to a) why exactly the quartet is covering up the crime by secretly burying a body, b) who is the killer and c) what’s the identity of the person pushing up daisies in the makeshift grave. — Julie Hinds, Freep.com, 21 Feb. 2025 Fairways, literally and figuratively, were pushing up daisies. — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2020

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