- eat drink and be merry
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Origin
From The Bible, Old Testament Ecclesiastes viii. 15 - To eat, and to drink, and to be merry
Meaning and origin of phrases. 2013.
eat drink and be merry
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eat, drink and be merry — ˌeat, drink and be ˈmerry idiom (saying) said to encourage sb to enjoy life now, while they can, and not to think of the future Main entry: ↑eatidiom … Useful english dictionary
eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die — A conflation of two biblical sayings: ECCLESIASTES viii. 15 (AV) Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry..and ISAIAH xxii. 13 (AV) Let us eat and drink; for to morrow we … Proverbs new dictionary
merry — mer|ry [ˈmeri] adj [: Old English; Origin: myrge, merge] 1.) Merry Christmas! used to say that you hope someone will have a happy time at Christmas = Happy Christmas 2.) literary happy = ↑cheerful, jolly ↑jolly ▪ He marched off, whistling a merry … Dictionary of contemporary English
eat — see you are what you eat we must eat a peck of dirt before we die eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die he that would eat the fruit must climb the tree eat to live, not live to eat the cat would eat fish, b … Proverbs new dictionary
merry — see it is merry in hall when beards wag all a cherry year, a merry year; a plum year, a dumb year eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die the more the merrier … Proverbs new dictionary
drink — see eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die you can take a horse to the water, but you can’t make him drink he that drinks beer, thinks beer … Proverbs new dictionary
make merry — verb celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities The members of the wedding party made merry all night Let s whoop it up the boss is gone! • Syn: ↑revel, ↑racket, ↑make whoopie, ↑make happy, ↑whoop it up, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Drink — (dr[i^][ng]k), v. i. [imp. {Drank} (dr[a^][ng]k), formerly {Drunk} (dr[u^][ng]k); & p. p. {Drunk}, {Drunken} ( n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Drinking}. Drunken is now rarely used, except as a verbal adj. in sense of habitually intoxicated; the form drank … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
make merry — I m afraid we may have made merry a bit too long last night Syn: have fun, have a good time, enjoy oneself, have a party, celebrate, carouse, feast, ‘eat, drink, and be merry, ’ revel, roister; informal party, have a ball … Thesaurus of popular words
drink the Kool-Aid — v. To become a firm believer in something; to accept an argument or philosophy wholeheartedly or blindly. Example Citation: One top executive named McMahon, the treasurer, was known for going around the company after he met with Skilling, Lay,… … New words
