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life is too short

life is too short phrase: one should not waste time on trivial issues.

Phrase

life is too short

  1. (idiomatic) One should not waste time on trivial issues.
    • Anyplace for a beer, or coffee, a glass of cognac. I don't know. Ask them where they would like to go. Have fun, for God's sake. Life's too short and youth is even shorter.1950, Joseph Wechsberg, The Continental Touch, page 23

Forms of life is too short

alternative formlife's too short

Questions about life is too short

What does life is too short mean?
Life is too short means one should not waste time on trivial issues.
What part of speech is life is too short?
Life is too short is a phrase.

Words near life is too short in the dictionary

  1. life interest
  2. life interests
  3. life is like a box of chocolates
  4. life is not all beer and skittles
  5. life is short
  6. life is too short
  7. life is what you make it
  8. life jacket
  9. life jackets
  10. life lesson
  11. life lessons

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