six feet under

Idioms  

1. Dead and buried, as in No, you can't read my diary—not until I'm six feet under. Although this expression alludes to what has long been the traditional depth of a grave, that is, approximately the same as the length of the coffin, it dates only from the mid-1900s.

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six feet under

Why losing can happen: For the Chargers, Denver’s home stadium is less mile high and more six feet under.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2023

Here in the U.S., fewer and fewer of us are choosing to spend our afterlife six feet under.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2023

Kelli started this season six feet under — sort of.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 26, 2021

When he’s six feet under, I highly doubt your sons will fondly remember him by saying, “Our dad had the nicest Mercedes SUV. Man, that thing was beautiful. He always drove around in style.”

From Slate ● Feb. 2, 2021

He tells me he doesn’t trust doctors, that my grandfather did and look where it got him: six feet under at forty-five.

From "The Crossover" by Kwame Alexander