Does "pushin up daisies" mean a cemetary or a dead body? And what do "Pale Horse", and "curtains" mean?
Thank you!
2006-09-10 20:31:51 · 12 answers · asked by lil_moon07 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
<>All three are euphemisms for being dead or dying. Also:
Buy the farm (or bought the farm)
Kick the bucket
Shuffle off (...to Buffalo, ...this mortal coil)
Croak
Keel over
2006-09-10 20:35:40 · answer #1 · answered by druid 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pushing up daisies literally means that the person is dead and in the ground... the daisies are usually referred to growing off the fertilizer that youre body basically becomes for the earth, although some mistake it for the flower that people throw on the body as it is being lowered into the ground. Pale Horse is a biblical reference to the description of the Angel 'Death' who is described as the rider on a Pale Horse. And curtains means that youre doomed. Like youre going to die and there is no way out. A popular phrase from some of the old movies done in the golden years was 'Looks like its curtains for you kid'. This symbolizes someone drawing the curtains on a wagon/hurst or wake to signal that the persons life as come to an end and reverence should be remembered. Hope this helped.~Quinn
2006-09-11 03:44:52 · answer #2 · answered by yottahito 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Pushing up daisies" means dead and buried.
The Pale Horse refers to the horse death rides in the Apocolypse.
"Curtains" refers to death. As in the closing curtain of a play.
2006-09-11 03:35:39 · answer #3 · answered by San Diego Art Nut 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Moving on
Into the abyss
dust unto dust
6 feet under
back to the earth
Curtains means "it's over" and could apply to something as significant as a life, or as trivial as a game of poker when someone turns over a straight flush after you've gone all in. the curtain has come down on whatever show you were watching.
2006-09-11 03:38:58 · answer #4 · answered by Thomas C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pushing up daisies stands for a buried body... its pushing up daisies.
Curtains come from the final curtain, meaning to die.
Pale horse? No idea
How about kicking the bucket, going home, in heaven with the angels, left of the last plane out of here, sleeping with the fishes.
2006-09-11 03:35:33 · answer #5 · answered by tay_jen1 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
'Pushing up daisies' is meant to signify that flowers are growing on your grave. And Pale Horse refers to the Grim Reaper, or Death. And Curtains refers to the closing of, aka the end of, life.
2006-09-11 03:34:48 · answer #6 · answered by xidaranthed 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The big sleep, a croaker, a stiff, a floater ( person who drowns) , remains ( a dead body). Pushing up daisies means buried. In the Bible the pale horse represents death. Curtains refers to someone dying ( as in, its curtains for him) To "deep six" something or someone means to bury or cover it up.
2006-09-11 03:40:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
pushing up daises is when the body is buried. "curtains" relates to the ending of a show(life) when the curtains are pulled back.
How about the English expression, "kicked the bucket"
2006-09-11 03:34:23 · answer #8 · answered by Raymo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah...what about bought the farm?
I thought if you had enough cash to buy a farm you'd be doing pretty good.
i think kick the bucket comes from when the hung someone they stood them on a bucket and kicked it from under thier feet.
pale horse probably refers to the 4 horsemen of the apocylipse..
what about bit the dust?
2006-09-11 03:47:47 · answer #9 · answered by !ELGREEKO! 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When some says its curtains for you it usally means you are going to be killed or about to die. End of your life
2006-09-11 03:35:20 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋