Significato: as fresh as a daisy

fresco come un fiore

dai Idioma

pushing up daisies

dead and buried in a graveyard, deep six Old Tom's pushin' up daisies. He died a long time ago.

daily mail

London Cockney rhyming slang for tale

daisy

excellent person or thing

daisy roots

London Cockney rhyming slang for boots

the daily grind

Idiom(s): the daily grind

Theme: WORK

[someone's] everyday work routine. (Informal.)
• I'm getting very tired of the daily grind.
• When my vacation was over, I had to go back to the daily grind.

leave hanging in midair

Idiom(s): leave someone or something hanging in midair AND keep someone or something hanging in midair

Theme: WAITING

to suspend dealing with someone or something; to leave someone or something waiting to be finished or continued.
• She left her sentence hanging in midair.
• She left us hanging in midair when she paused.
• Tell me the rest of the story. Don't leave me hanging in midair.
• Don't leave the story hanging in midair.

fresh as a daisy

Idiom(s): (as) fresh as a daisy

Theme: FRESHNESS

very fresh; fresh and alert.
• The morning dew was as fresh as a daisy.
• Sally was fresh as a daisy and cheerful as could be.

daily dozen

Idiom(s): daily dozen

Theme: EXERCISE

physical exercises done every day. (Informal.)
• My brother always feels better after his daily dozen.
• She would rather do a daily dozen than go on a diet.

keep hanging in midair

Oops a daisy

An expression used to indicate surprise.

Pushing up the daisies

If someone is said to be pushing up the daisies, they are dead.

Turn up one's toes to the daisies

If someone has turned up their toes to the daisies, it means that the person died.

Upsadaisy!|Upsee-daisy!|Upsy-daisy!

adv. phr.

A popular exclamation used when just about anything is lifted, particularly a small child raised to his or her highchair or bed. "Upsee-daisy!" the nurse said with a smile on her face, as she lifted the baby from its bed.

daily dozen|daily|dozen

n., informal Gymnastic exercises; especially, several different exercises done daily. The boys did their daily dozen early each morning.

push up daisies|daisies|daisy|push|push up

v. phr., slang To be dead and buried. I'll be around when you're pushing up daisies. Don't play with guns or you may push up the daisies.

daisy chain

daisy chain
1) A series of connected events, activities, or experiences. For example, The daisy chain of lectures on art history encompassed the last 200 years. This metaphorical term alludes to a string of the flowers linked together. [Mid-1800s]
2) A line or circle of three or more persons engaged in simultaneous sexual activity. For example, A high-class call girl, she drew the line at daisy chains. [Vulgar slang; 1920s]
3) A series of securities transactions intended to give the impression of active trading so as to drive up the price. For example, The SEC is on the alert for unscrupulous brokers who are engaging in daisy chains. [1980s]

midair

midair
see under leave hanging.

push up daisies

push up daisies
Be dead and buried, as in There is a cemetery full of heroes pushing up daisies. This slangy expression, alluding to flowers growing over a grave, was first recorded about 1918, in one of Wilfred Owen's poems about World War I.