as if there were no tomorrow en · ADV
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic) To an excessive degree, oftentimes with little to no regard to future consequences; desperately; recklessly or wantonly; frantically; very quickly or very much.
Starting with the Pranksters, who were the first to take LSD out of the war labs and hospitals, hippies were mixing drugs as if there were no tomorrow.
1999, Carol Brightman, Sweet Chaos: The Grateful Dead's American Adventure, →ISBN, page 106:
Forms
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| as if there's no tomorrow | alternative | lexicographic | |
| like there was no tomorrow | alternative | lexicographic | |
| as if there was no tomorrow | alternative | lexicographic | |
| like there's no tomorrow | alternative | lexicographic | |
| like there were no tomorrow | alternative | lexicographic | |
| as if there is no tomorrow | alternative | lexicographic | |
| like there is no tomorrow | alternative | lexicographic |
Synonyms
like one's life depended on it · like it's going out of style
Translations (15)
sv som om det inte finns en morgondag (to an excessive degree) · tl parang wala nang bukas (to an excessive degree) · de als ob es kein Morgen gäbe (to an excessive degree) · he כְּאִלּוּ אֵין מָחָר (to an excessive degree) · es como si no hubiera un mañana (to an excessive degree) · pt como se não houvesse amanhã (to an excessive degree) · pl jakby jutro miał się skończyć świat (to an excessive degree) · tr yarın yokmuşçasına (to an excessive degree) · fi kuin huomista ei olisi (to an excessive degree) · sv som om om det inte funnes en morgondag (to an excessive degree) · pl jakby jutra miało nie być (to an excessive degree) · hu mintha nem lenne holnap (to an excessive degree) · fr comme si sa vie en dépendait (to an excessive degree) · sv som om det inte skulle finnas en morgondag (to an excessive degree) · it come se non ci fosse un domani (to an excessive degree)