"as if there were no tomorrow" meaning in English

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        "To an excessive degree, oftentimes with little to no regard to future consequences; desperately; recklessly or wantonly; frantically; very quickly or very much."
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        "(idiomatic) To an excessive degree, oftentimes with little to no regard to future consequences; desperately; recklessly or wantonly; frantically; very quickly or very much."
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          "word": "like it's going out of style"
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          "word": "like one's life depended on it"
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "to an excessive degree",
          "word": "kuin huomista ei olisi"
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          "sense": "to an excessive degree",
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          "sense": "to an excessive degree",
          "word": "als ob es kein Morgen gäbe"
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          "sense": "to an excessive degree",
          "word": "כְּאִלּוּ אֵין מָחָר"
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to an excessive degree",
          "word": "mintha nem lenne holnap"
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          "sense": "to an excessive degree",
          "word": "come se non ci fosse un domani"
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          "sense": "to an excessive degree",
          "word": "jakby jutro miał się skończyć świat"
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          "sense": "to an excessive degree",
          "word": "como se não houvesse amanhã"
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to an excessive degree",
          "word": "como si no hubiera un mañana"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to an excessive degree",
          "word": "som om det inte skulle finnas en morgondag"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to an excessive degree",
          "word": "som om det inte finns en morgondag"
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          "sense": "to an excessive degree",
          "word": "som om om det inte funnes en morgondag"
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          "sense": "to an excessive degree",
          "word": "parang wala nang bukas"
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to an excessive degree",
          "word": "yarın yokmuşçasına"
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      "sense": "to an excessive degree",
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      "sense": "to an excessive degree",
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      "sense": "to an excessive degree",
      "word": "mintha nem lenne holnap"
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      "sense": "to an excessive degree",
      "word": "come se non ci fosse un domani"
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      "sense": "to an excessive degree",
      "word": "jakby jutro miał się skończyć świat"
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      "sense": "to an excessive degree",
      "word": "jakby jutra miało nie być"
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      "sense": "to an excessive degree",
      "word": "como se não houvesse amanhã"
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      "sense": "to an excessive degree",
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      "sense": "to an excessive degree",
      "word": "som om det inte skulle finnas en morgondag"
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      "sense": "to an excessive degree",
      "word": "som om om det inte funnes en morgondag"
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      "sense": "to an excessive degree",
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