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as if there were no tomorrow

adv · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adv

Meaning 1

To an excessive degree, oftentimes with little to no regard to future consequences; desperately; recklessly or wantonly; frantically; very quickly or very much.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

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15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: kuin huomista ei olisi — to an excessive degree
  • French: comme si sa vie en dépendait — to an excessive degree
  • German: als ob es kein Morgen gäbe — to an excessive degree
  • Hebrew: כְּאִלּוּ אֵין מָחָר — to an excessive degree
  • Hungarian: mintha nem lenne holnap — to an excessive degree
  • Italian: come se non ci fosse un domani — to an excessive degree
  • Polish: jakby jutro miał się skończyć świat — to an excessive degree
  • Polish: jakby jutra miało nie być — to an excessive degree
  • Portuguese: como se não houvesse amanhã — to an excessive degree
  • Spanish: como si no hubiera un mañana — to an excessive degree
  • Swedish: som om det inte skulle finnas en morgondag — to an excessive degree
  • Swedish: som om det inte finns en morgondag — to an excessive degree
  • Swedish: som om om det inte funnes en morgondag — to an excessive degree
  • Tagalog: parang wala nang bukas — to an excessive degree
  • Turkish: yarın yokmuşçasına — to an excessive degree