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you only go around once

you only go around once proverb: a person has only one lifetime, and should therefore take every opportunity to enjoy a wide variety of experiences in order to maximize their achievements and satisfaction.

Proverb

you only go around once

  1. A person has only one lifetime, and should therefore take every opportunity to enjoy a wide variety of experiences in order to maximize their achievements and satisfaction.
    • Young men washed in the ecstasy of macho male companionship rode a jeep through barren country and embraced at a bar piled up with beer cans. "You only go around once," the announcer said.1979, Kate Braverman, chapter 3, in Lithium for Medea: A Novel, published 2011, →ISBN
    • "Thank God I'm here. I figure you should play as long as you can because you only go around once, and I know it."1986 May 5, Heidi Evans, “The 55-and-Over Crowd Pops Up at the Ballpark for Senior League Softball”, in Los Angeles Times, retrieved 09 May 2020
    Synonyms:
    YOLO

you only go around once meaning in Hindi

you only go around once in Hindi

a person has only one lifetime
ज़िंदगी ना मिलेगी दोबारा zindagī nā milegī dobārā

Examples of you only go around once in a sentence

  • "Then I turned 48 and said, 'You only go around once.'"1996 October 13, James V. O'Connor, “With a Dream (and a Ferrari), An Executive Takes Up Racing”, in New York Times, retrieved 09 May 2020:
  • Consumers […] were even reminded that "You only go around once in life: go for all the gusto you can."2015, John McDonough, Karen Egolf, The Advertising Age Encyclopedia of Advertising, →ISBN, page 1403:

Synonyms of you only go around once

Forms of you only go around once

alternative formyou only go around once in life
alternative formyou only live once

Questions about you only go around once

What does you only go around once mean?
You only go around once means a person has only one lifetime, and should therefore take every opportunity to enjoy a wide variety of experiences in order to maximize their achievements and satisfaction.
What is you only go around once in Hindi?
You only go around once in Hindi is ज़िंदगी ना मिलेगी दोबारा (zindagī nā milegī dobārā). See You only go around once meaning in Hindi.
How do you use you only go around once in a sentence?
"Then I turned 48 and said, 'You only go around once.'"
What part of speech is you only go around once?
You only go around once is a proverb.

Words near you only go around once in the dictionary

  1. you never know what you've got till it's gone
  2. you never miss the water till the well runs dry
  3. you never miss the water until the well runs dry
  4. you OK
  5. you only get what you give
  6. you only go around once
  7. you only go around once in life
  8. you only live once
  9. you pays your money and you takes your chances
  10. you pays your money and you takes your choice
  11. you pays your nickel and you takes your chances

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