| 单词 | as if there were no tomorrow |
| 释义 | > as lemmasas if there were no tomorrow P5. as if there were no tomorrow, like there's no tomorrow, and variants: with no regard for the future, recklessly; immoderately, to excess. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > off one's guard [phrase] > rashly or recklessly at all adventure (also adventures)1485 in flagrant blood1614 over shoes, over boots1653 neck or nothing1814 as if there were no tomorrow1847 (like a) bull at a (five-barred) gate1957 1847 People's Jrnl. 20 Mar. 164/2 All flying onward through the measure [sc. the Polka] as if there were no ‘to-morrow’. 1862 G. J. Whyte-Melville Queen's Maries II. xxii. 10 Why should you thus risk your life as if there was no to-morrow? 1958 Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield, Mass.) 18 Mar. 6/4 ‘I've been eating like there was no tomorrow,’ she giggled. ‘I put away three big meals a day.’ 1980 Guardian Weekly 3 Feb. 1/3 Oil supplies that Americans at home continue to consume as though there were no tomorrow. 2009 Private Eye 3 Apr. 9/2 One notable advertiser—the UK government—is still spending like there's no tomorrow. < as lemmas |
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