Definition
Buried underground; not alive; dead.
Origins
Six feet refers to the traditional depth to which graves are dug.
In Context
- "My grandparents are six feet under."
Also Said As
- six feet deep
- asleep
- at rest
- blessed
- cadaverous
- clay-cold
- deceased
- resting
- decomposed
- defunct
- departed
- expired
- extinct
- fey
- gone
- good
- inanimate
- inert
- kaput
- late
- lifeless
- living impaired
- low
- no longer with us
- no more
- perished
- reposing
- six feet deep
- six feet under
- stiff
- unalive
- wasted
- whilom
- with God