EAT, DRINK AND BE MERRY

Meaning of EAT, DRINK AND BE MERRY in English

( saying ) said to encourage sb to enjoy life now, while they can, and not to think of the future

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
DRINK — I. ˈdriŋk verb ( drank ˈdraŋk, -aiŋk ; or dialect drunk ˈdrəŋk ; or nonstandard drinked ˈdriŋ(k)t ; drunk or …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MERRY — (superl.) Causing laughter, mirth, gladness, or delight; as, / merry jest.
Английский словарь Webster
MERRY — ( superl. ) Causing laughter, mirth, gladness, or delight; as, / merry jest.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DRINK — /dringk/ , v. , drank or ( Nonstandard ) drunk, drunk or, often, drank, drinking; n. v.i. 1. to take …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DRINK — I. ˈdriŋk verb ( drank ˈdraŋk ; drunk ˈdrəŋk ; or drank ; drink·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MERRY — adjective ( mer·ri·er ; -est ) Etymology: Middle English mery, from Old English myrge, merge; akin to Old High German …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Webster English vocab
EAT — of eat. 2. eat ·vi to make one's way slowly. 3. eat ·vi to taste or relish; as, it eats …
Webster English vocab
DRINK — vt to smoke, as tobacco. 2. drink ·noun specifically, intoxicating liquor; as, when drink is on, wit is out. 3. …
Webster English vocab
MERRY — [mer.ry] adj mer.ri.er ; -est [ME mery, fr. OE myrge, merge; akin to OHG murg short--more at brief] (bef. 12c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EAT — [eat] vb ate ; eat.en ; eat.ing [ME eten, fr. OE etan; akin to OHG ezzan to eat, L edere, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DRINK — [drink] vb drank ; drunk or drank ; drink.ing [ME, fr. OE drincan; akin to OHG trinkan to drink] vt …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MERRY — merr|y, Merry BrE AmE ˈmer |i ▷ merr|ier i‿ə AmE \ i‿ ə r ▷ merr|iest i‿ɪst i‿əst ▷ merr|ily …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EAT — / iːt; NAmE / verb ( ate / et; NAmE ; especially NAmE eɪt/, eaten / ˈiːtn; NAmE /) 1. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DRINK — / drɪŋk; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C , U ] a liquid for drinking; an …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
EAT — eat S1 W1 /iːt/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense ate /et, eɪt $ eɪt/, past participle eaten /ˈiːtn/) [ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DRINK — I. drink 1 S1 W2 /drɪŋk/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense drank /dræŋk/, past participle drunk /drʌŋk/) [ Word …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Английский основной разговорный словарь
EAT — v. (past ate; past part. eaten) 1 a tr. take into the mouth, chew, and swallow (food). b intr. consume …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DRINK — v. & n. --v. (past drank; past part. drunk) 1 a tr. swallow (a liquid). b tr. swallow the liquid …
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
EAT — v. (past ate; past part. eaten) 1 a tr. take into the mouth, chew, and swallow (food). b intr. consume …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DRINK — v. & n. v. (past drank; past part. drunk) 1 a tr. swallow (a liquid). b tr. swallow the liquid …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
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Oxford English vocab
EAT — v. (past ate; past part. eaten) 1. a tr. take into the mouth, chew, and swallow (food). b intr. consume …
Oxford English vocab
DRINK — v. & n. --v. (past drank; past part. drunk) 1. a tr. swallow (a liquid). b tr. swallow the liquid …
Oxford English vocab
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DRINK — ( drinks, drinking, drank, drunk) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. When …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DRINK — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a drink of water ▪ He asked for a drink of water. a drinking …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MERRY — (DRUNK) [adjective] -ier, -iest [UK] [informal] - used to avoid saying slightly drunkJoan got a bit merry last night!
Cambridge English vocab
DRINK — (LIQUID) [noun] - (an amount of) liquid which is taken into the body through the mouthWould you like a drink …
Cambridge English vocab
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
EAT — Synonyms and related words : ablate, absorb, assimilate, bite, bleed white, break bread, burn up, canker, consume, corrode, count calories, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DRINK — Synonyms and related words : BS, Bronx cocktail, Bull Shot, Cuba Libre, Dubonnet cocktail, Green Dragon, Guggenheim, Harvey Wallbanger, Irish …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
MERRY — See: LEAD A MERRY CHASE, MAKE MERRY.
Slang English vocab
EAT — v. Function: verb 1 to take in as food FF1C; they quickly ate a light breakfast FF1E; Synonyms: consume, devour, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
DRINK — I. verb 1. to take in (potable liquid) the boys drank all the soda Synonyms: imbibe, quaff, sip, sup (off …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
EAT — verb 1. to take in as food they quickly ate a light breakfast Synonyms: consume, devour, feed (on), ingest, meal, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
EAT — verb ADVERB ▪ well ▪ We ate very well most of the time (= had lots of nice food) . …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
DRINK — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ cold , cool , iced , refreshing ▪ I could do with a nice cool ~. …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
EAT — See ↑ EAT 1,2 ◆◆◆ • ↑ couldn't eat another thing • ↑ feel like something to eat/want something to …
Longman Activator English vocab
EAT — INDEX: 1. to eat 2. to have a meal 3. to eat a lot or too much 4. to eat …
Longman Activator English vocab
DRINK — See ↑ DRINK 1,4,6,8 ◆◆◆ • ↑ can hold your drink • ↑ don't drink/doesn't drink • ↑ have a …
Longman Activator English vocab
DRINK — INDEX: 1. to drink something 2. to drink very quickly 3. to drink all of something 4. something that you …
Longman Activator English vocab
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Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
DRINK — n. 25B6; verb she drank her coffee : SWALLOW, gulp down, quaff, guzzle, sup; imbibe, sip, consume; drain, toss off, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
MERRY
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
DRINK — v. 1 quaff, imbibe, sip, gulp, swallow, swill, guzzle, toss off, lap (up), Colloq wet one's whistle, swig, knock back, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
MERRY — See: LEAD A MERRY CHASE, MAKE MERRY.
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
EAT — гл.; прош. вр. - ate, прич. прош. вр. - eaten 1) есть; поглощать, поедать to eat heartily, voraciously ≈ есть …
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