six feet under

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.

Example Sentences

You’ve directed some amazing TV shows — “Six Feet Under,” “NYPD Blue,” “Homicide,” “Everwood.”

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I loved when I was doing “Six Feet Under,” sitting on an apple box underneath the camera and being onstage with everybody.

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The grips at “Six Feet Under” made me an apple box with my name on it and the brass hinges and everything, so I want to take that with me just for good luck, you know, even if I don’t get to use it.

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In HBO’s signature drama “Six Feet Under,” Hall was consistently praised for his role as David Fisher, the closeted gay member of a dysfunctional family operating a funeral home.

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But instead of winding up six feet under, Dexter now lives to kill another day.

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