eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.73 in modern English
59
Scrabble Score
34
Letters
7
Syllables
14
Unique Chars
Meaning
proverb
Life is short, so you should enjoy it while you can.
proverb
In speaking pejoratively of epicurean beliefs.
Example Sentences
- "These warnings sound strange to our lives, molded so often on the assumption that this life is the only one we can be sure of, and hence, while we have it, we should eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die."
- "But are more inclined to take for their guide the maxim of "a penny saved is a penny got" than that of "let us eat drink and be merry for tomorrow we die.""
- "Eat, drink, and be merry / For tomorrow, we'll die / Cause we're tripping billies"
- "The younger decided to leave and live the fast life and be carefree—eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die."
- "Vovo said, only half arguing, “Who can you point out that ever profited by this moderation teaching? Who in history every got anywhere practicing moderation? Some say you must live to the hilt. Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die.”"
- "I’ve got some decent Margaux in the cellar. Let’s get back to my place tout de suite and crack it open. You know what they say. Eat, drink, and be merry. For tomorrow we die."
Etymology
A conflation of two Biblical references: * Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry * Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we [shall] die A direct quote from the Book of Mormon: * Yea, and there shall be many which shall say: Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die; and it shall be well with us.