Meaning of eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die | Babel Free

Definitions

Phrase. [C2]

Examples

“We are told that mankind is the product of a mindless process of evolution. If this is so, our greatest needs are physical and material. Such things as prosperity and pleasure are all that matter. If there is no God, then we should ‘eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die’.”

“Each day feels different. Some days I feel like it’s all so simple; nobody really knows any more than anybody else, so why don’t we all just eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die…”

“The captain’s clerk, a man named Mitchell, was a free thinker and only too happy to share his convictions with a young friend. Life, said Mitchell, was for the taking. God was a phantom invented by killjoy religious types. We must 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 ever got anywhere practicing moderation? Some say you must live to the hilt. Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die.””

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