Where did the saying 'fresh as a daisy'come from? These flowers have no smell?

Well, this winter, our daisies sort of stayed alive (and bloomed!) all through the winter (even though we had temperatures as low as -9°C. They grew and bloomed a little when ther was a sunny day, got frozen stiff when there was frost, de-freezed again without any major visible damage to the blossoms, and then, in spring, they were, of course, the first thing already there before the other flowers did even start to come out.





Maybe the saying originates there? The fact that this flower grows and blooms all through summer and autumn, sort of sticks around during winter, even blooms on warm and sunny winter days, and then is still around in spring, looking as if nothing has happened.

Where did the saying 'fresh as a daisy'come from? These flowers have no smell?
Just seen this theory on wikipedia: "daisy" could be a corrupted form of "day's eye" (Chaucer called it "eye of the day") - referring to the fact that it closes its blossom during night and opens it anew in the morning. Report It

Reply:They may have no smell but they look very fresh when you see them first thing in the morning.
Reply:No smell is better than bad smell...
Reply:They look fresh and not rumpled.


The "fresh" phrase that I question is the old commercial that promised "fresh as a country lane after a spring rain".





A country lane after a spring rain is usually filled with MUD.
Reply:Back in the 50s
Reply:its becuse a daisy closes at night but then wil open in the morning wich means its fresh every day!! THIS MUST BE THE BEST ANSWER!!! lol LMAO!
Reply:I think it originated from a summers eve commercial where being fresh as a daisy and having no smell were thought to be good. Just a guess. LOL
Reply:congradulations..........you have asked the dumb qusetion of the day!!! Now go smell a daisy!!!!
Reply:daisys are out in spring and spring is a fresh time of year
Reply:Actually daisy's do smell pretty bad if you put your nose close enough to them.
Reply:because peasants had daisies as the only fresh thing to see in the morning in the middle ages and that's how the expression came about
Reply:they look fresh

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