# eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die

> English word · Proverb

## Definitions
1. Life is short, so you should enjoy it while you can.
2. In speaking pejoratively of epicurean beliefs.

## Etymology
A conflation of two Biblical references:
* Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry
* Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we [shall] die
A direct quote from the Book of Mormon:
* Yea, and there shall be many which shall say: Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die; and it shall be well with us.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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