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eat, drink and be merry

eat, drink and be merry proverb: enjoy yourself; forget your cares; do not worry.

Proverb

eat, drink and be merry

  1. Enjoy yourself; forget your cares; do not worry.
    • And if you do not put the motto "Eat, drink, and be merry," above your dining-room door, fix it in your mind, and put it into practice. Laugh, talk, and crack jokes at the table, and thereby heal an injured body.1879, “Eat, Drink, and Be Merry”, in University Chronicle, volume 10, page 101
    • He says his motto is ' Let us eat, drink, and be merry.' Just so, young man : my motto is exactly the same as yours, ' Let us eat, drink, and be merry.'1880, William Young Fullerton, Waymarks for wanderers: 5 addresses, page 122

Origin of eat, drink and be merry

A reference to Ecclesiastes 8:15: "Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry".

Questions about eat, drink and be merry

What does eat, drink and be merry mean?
Eat, drink and be merry means enjoy yourself; forget your cares; do not worry.
What part of speech is eat, drink and be merry?
Eat, drink and be merry is a proverb.

Words near eat, drink and be merry in the dictionary

  1. eat twat
  2. eat up
  3. eat up with a spoon
  4. eat what you kill
  5. eat, breathe, and sleep
  6. eat, drink and be merry
  7. eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow we die
  8. eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die
  9. eat, drink, and be merry
  10. eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die
  11. eat-all-you-can

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