English Explanatory Dictionary

eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die

English dictionary entry

Meanings

proverb
  1. Life is short, so you should enjoy it while you can.
  2. In speaking pejoratively of epicurean beliefs.

Word forms

eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die 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.

Related words

eat, drink and be merry carpe diem seize the day gather rosebuds here for a good time, not a long time
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