pushing up (the) daisies

pushing up (the) daisies
pushing up (the) daisies
Fig. dead and buried. (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 the daisies.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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