push up daisies: meaning & examples
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Meanings:
- To be dead; to have died and been buried (used euphemistically).
Examples
BetaGrandpa has been pushing up daisies for years now, but we still remember him fondly.
El abuelo lleva años enterrado, pero aún lo recordamos con cariño.
After the accident, everyone assumed he was pushing up daisies, but he survived miraculously.
Después del accidente, todos asumieron que había muerto, pero sobrevivió milagrosamente.
She joked that if she didn't finish her work soon, she'd be pushing up daisies before the deadline.
Bromeó diciendo que si no terminaba su trabajo pronto, estaría muerta antes de la fecha límite.
Examples:
- EN: Because I 100% guarantee that the victim... is going to eat grass by the root, push up daisies... and give up the ghost to his Maker.ES: Porque conmigo es cien por ciento de garantía... de que la víctima va a comer césped por la raíz... va a quedar con los pies para arriba, ¡y va rendir su alma al Creador!
- EN: Florida, a million and a half projected to push up daisies.ES: Florida, un millón y medio de fiambres más.
- EN: [The infinitive is like the English form of the verb with "to" in front of it, as in "to die," "to kick the bucket" or "to push up daisies."TE: [అనంతము "చనిపోవటం," "బకెట్ను వదలివేయడం" లేదా "డైసీలను పెంచుకోవడం" వంటి దాని యొక్క ముందు "కు" తో ఉన్న క్రియ యొక్క ఆంగ్ల రూపం లాగా ఉంటుంది.
- EN: You can go ahead and push up daisies."ES: Puedes estirar las piernas tranquilo."
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