| 单词 | live fast, die young |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslive fast, die young (c) live fast, die young (also more fully live fast, die young, and have a good-looking corpse and variants): used as a motto or expression of ethos for a young person committed to an extravagant, unconventional, or dissipated lifestyle. Also as a modifier.Both the shorter and longer forms of the phrase are often associated with, and sometimes wrongly credited to, the American actor, James Dean (1931–55). Compare rebel without a cause at rebel n.1 1b.See also more literal uses in the sense of Phrases 2b(a), e.g. quot. 2008. ΚΠ 1920 Modesto (Calif.) Evening News 25 Aug. 1/6 ‘I intend to live a fast life, die young and be a beautiful corpse,’ Mrs. Luce wrote. 1924 Porter (Oklahoma) News 24 July 5/2 He said that he would not be the like the young college chap who would live fast, die young and have a good looking corpse. 1947 W. Motley Knock on any Door xxxv. 157 When the beer came Nick lifted and tilted the brown liquid in past the yellow foam. ‘Live fast, die young, and have a good-looking corpse!’ he said with a toss of the head. 1957 Lubbock (Texas) Evening Jrnl. 26 Mar. 1/2 (headline) Two Robin Hoods planned to live fast, die young. 2002 Total Film Mar. 21/2 The all-American ‘live fast, die young, leave a beautiful corpse’ philosophy. 2020 @AdanniaUfondu 2 Dec. in twitter.com (accessed 10 Dec.) YOLO babeee. Live fast die young!! < as lemmas |
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