like there is no tomorrow
With desperate urgency
Like there is no tomorrow describes doing something with extreme intensity, abandon, or urgency, as if the future doesn't matter or won't arrive.
The phrase typically modifies verbs suggesting consumption or indulgence: They were spending money like there is no tomorrow.
It can signal recklessness or simply enthusiastic commitment to the present moment.
The variant like there's no tomorrow is equally common.
- partyingSocial revelry in progress
- indulgeSatisfy a craving
- go all outCommit completely, withhold nothing
- recklesslyActing without regard for danger
- no holds barredWithout rules or limits
frantically · feverishly · maximize · carpe diem · urgently · throw caution · manically · fleetingness · splurge · desperately · living on the edge · impulsively · rashly · ephemerality · fatalism · end of days · hastily · abandon
like there is no tomorrowcautiously
In a guarded manner
sparingly · prudently · in moderation · conservatively · frugally
like there is no tomorrowhalf-heartedly
With little genuine effort
tepidly · listlessly · unenthusiastically · lackadaisically · apathetically
like there is no tomorrowsustainably
In an enduring manner
responsibly · for the long haul · deliberately · providently · methodically
tomorrow, liking, likeness, likewise, unlikeness, morrow, tomorrows