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as if there were no tomorrow

idiom
Meaning

To an excessive degree, oftentimes with little to no regard to future consequences; desperately; recklessly or wantonly; frantically; very quickly or very much.


Examples
SIMPLE

They spent money as if there were no tomorrow.

CONTEXTUAL

After winning the lottery, he started buying expensive cars as if there were no tomorrow.

COMPLEX

The exhausted soldiers pushed forward through the storm as if there were no tomorrow, desperate to reach the shelter before nightfall.

Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    all there

    Mentally competent; not absent-minded or insane.

  2. 02

    be there

    To be available to provide comfort and support for someone, especially in a period of difficulty.

  3. 03

    been there, done that

    An assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic and is not too keen on revisiting or redoing it again.

  4. 04

    been there, done that, bought the T-shirt

    Expresses the speaker's complete familiarity with a situation, with overtones of cynicism or exhaustion.

  5. 05

    been there, done that, got the T-shirt

    Alternative form of been there, done that, bought the T-shirt.

  6. 06

    don't go there

    Do not broach that topic.

  7. 07

    get there

    To succeed after a lengthy attempt.

  8. 08

    here, there and everywhere

    In or to many different places; all over the place.

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