life is too short en · X
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(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:
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