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you only go around once en · X

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

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:
   • The agency boosted Schlitz's name recognition with the "Gusto" campaign. 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:
   • "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:
   • "Two years ago when I first heard of the Ferrari Challenge I never would have thought I would be doing something like this," said Mr. McCormick, president of First Manhattan Consulting Group in Manhattan. "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:

Forms

Relateds

Christmas comes but once a year · carpe diem

Synonyms

YOLO

Translations (13)

es solo se vive una vez (a person has only one lifetime) · fi kerranhan sitä vain eletään (a person has only one lifetime) · hi ज़िंदगी ना मिलेगी दोबारा (a person has only one lifetime) · pt a vida é uma só (a person has only one lifetime) · hu csak egyszer élsz (a person has only one lifetime) · hu csak egy életünk van (a person has only one lifetime) · nl je leeft maar één keer (a person has only one lifetime) · fr on ne vit qu'une fois (a person has only one lifetime) · hu csak egyszer él az ember (a person has only one lifetime) · pt só se vive uma vez (a person has only one lifetime) · de man lebt nur einmal (a person has only one lifetime) · cmn 生命只有一次 (a person has only one lifetime) · pl żyje się tylko raz (a person has only one lifetime)