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live for the moment
Idioms and Phrases
Concentrate on the present, with little or no concern for the future. For example, Instead of putting aside funds for the children's education, Jane and Jim live for the moment, spending whatever they earn . [Mid-1900s] Also see for the moment ; day to day , def. 2.Example Sentences
"And if they feel they're never going to be able to get out of a situation, they think they might as well live for the moment."
So she now wants to live for the moment and to try to put it out of her mind.
“Everybody wants to live for the moment, but the moment could have been very deadly. We listened to the scientists,†he said.
A different kind of philosophy had taken over, one they learned from watching The Lion King: “hakuna matataâ€, no worries, live for the moment.
But perhaps it is time for me to break a lifetime’s behaviour, live for the moment and think less about the consequences.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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