pushing up daisies
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A pocket-size predator thought to be pushing up daisies in New South Wales has been rediscovered in the inland Australian region.
From National Geographic • Dec. 18, 2017
Most of the characters in this production, adapted from Edgar Lee Masters’s “Spoon River Anthology,” may be pushing up daisies.
From New York Times • Jul. 16, 2017
“I know you old and might”—I tried to think of a polite way to say it—“be pushing up daisies sooner than later. But try not to die on us too soon. OK?”
From "Girls Like Us" by Gail Giles
A few days finds hubby pushing up daisies and the handsome stranger is seen playing a guitar under the widow's window, she encouraging him by dropping roses.
From History of Ambulance Company Number 139 by Various
