under the sod
1under the sod — ► under the sod dead and buried. Main Entry: ↑sod …
2under the sod — dead and buried. → sod …
3put under the sod — dead And presumably buried: Charlie, who was put under the sod, poor chap, a year come Michaelmas... (Pease, 1894) To put underground is to kill: If you don t keep quiet for ten minutes, I ll put you underground too. (G. Greene,… …
4under the sod — dead, passed away …
5under the sod — dead and buried in a grave …
6under the daisies — dead And buried. Also as under the sod, under the grass, underground, or undersod: If he dhraws thim mountainy men down on me, I may as well go under the sod. (Somerville and Ross, 1908) You can live there when I m underground,… …
7sod — Ⅰ. sod [1] ► NOUN 1) grass covered ground; turf. 2) a piece of turf. ● under the sod Cf. ↑under the sod ORIGIN Dutch or Low German sode. Ⅱ …
8sod — sod1 [säd] vt., vi. obs. pt. of SEETHE sod2 [säd] n. [ME, prob. < MDu or MLowG sode, akin to OFris sada, satha] 1. a surface layer of earth containing grass plants with their matted roots; turf; sward 2. a piece of this layer vt …
9sod — 1. n. & v. n. 1 turf or a piece of turf. 2 the surface of the ground. v.tr. (sodded, sodding) cover (the ground) with sods. Phrases and idioms: under the sod in the grave. Etymology: ME f. MDu., MLG sode, of unkn. orig. 2. n. & v. esp. Brit.… …
10SOD — 1. n. & v. n. 1 turf or a piece of turf. 2 the surface of the ground. v.tr. (sodded, sodding) cover (the ground) with sods. Phrases and idioms: under the sod in the grave. Etymology: ME f. MDu., MLG sode, of unkn. orig. 2. n. & v. esp. Brit.… …
