push up the daisies

English

Verb

push up the daisies (third-person singular simple present pushes up the daisies, present participle pushing up the daisies, simple past and past participle pushed up the daisies)

1. Alternative form of push up daisies
   • 1969 December 7, “Full Frontal Nudity”, in Monty Python's Flying Circus‎^[1], season 1, episode 8, spoken by Mr Praline (John Cleese), Dead Parrot sketch:

     This parrot is no more. It has ceased to be. It's expired and gone to see its maker. This is a late parrot. It's a stiff. Bereft of life, it rests in peace. If you hadn't nailed it to the perch it would be pushing up the daisies. It's run down the curtain and joined the choir invisible. This is an ex-parrot.