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like there is no tomorrow

idiom
Meaning

Alternative form of as if there were no tomorrow.


Examples
SIMPLE

They danced like there is no tomorrow.

CONTEXTUAL

After winning the lottery, he spent his money like there is no tomorrow.

COMPLEX

Fearing the storm would destroy their harvest, the farmers worked like there is no tomorrow to gather the remaining crops before nightfall.

Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    all there

    Mentally competent; not absent-minded or insane.

  2. 02

    and the like

    And other similar items; et cetera.

  3. 03

    as if there were no tomorrow

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

  4. 04

    be like

    To say.

  5. 05

    be there

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

  6. 06

    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.

  7. 07

    been there, done that, bought the T-shirt

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

  8. 08

    been there, done that, got the T-shirt

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

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