drink and be merry
1eat, 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 …
2eat, 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 …
3eat drink and be merry — Meaning Origin From The Bible, Old Testament Ecclesiastes viii. 15 To eat, and to drink, and to be merry …
4merry — merry, blithe, jocund, jovial, jolly mean indicating or showing high spirits or lightheartedness often in play and laughter. Merry implies a gay, cheerful temper or mood and uninhibited enjoyment of frolic, festivity, or fun of any sort {a… …
5merry — 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 …
6merry — 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 …
7drink — 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 …
8Drink — (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 …
9Merry England — For other uses, see Merrie England (disambiguation). Poor little birdie teased, by the 19th century English illustrator Richard Doyle. Traditional English fairytales depicting elves, fairies and pixies are set on a Merrie England setting of… …
10drink 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,… …
