push up daisies

Variant of daisy

daisy definition

daisy (dā′zē)

noun pl. daisies -·sies

  1. ☆ a common plant (Chrysanthemum leucanthemum) of the composite family, bearing flowers with white rays around a yellow disk; oxeye daisy
  2. any similar member of the composite family; esp., the English daisy
  3. the flower of any of these plants
  4. Slang something excellent

Etymology: ME daies ie < OE dæges eage, lit., day's eye < dæges, gen. of dæg, day + eage, eye

daisy Idioms

push up (the) daisies

Slang to be dead and buried

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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Marcus Tee

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I was wondering if a misunderstanding of a scripture in the Bible may have been the origin for the idea of Pushing up Daisies. It is found at Isaiah 37:31 "And those who escape of the house of Judah, those who are left remaining, will certainly take root downward and produce fruitage upward."

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