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"ref": "1999, Carol Brightman, Sweet Chaos: The Grateful Dead's American Adventure, page 106",
"text": "Starting with the Pranksters, who were the first to take LSD out of the war labs and hospitals, hippies were mixing drugs as if there were no tomorrow.",
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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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{
"word": "as if there was no tomorrow"
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{
"word": "like there is no tomorrow"
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{
"word": "like there's no tomorrow"
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"word": "like there was no tomorrow"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to an excessive degree",
"word": "kuin huomista ei olisi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to an excessive degree",
"word": "comme si sa vie en dépendait"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to an excessive degree",
"word": "als ob es kein Morgen gäbe"
},
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "to an excessive degree",
"word": "כְּאִלּוּ אֵין מָחָר"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to an excessive degree",
"word": "come se non ci fosse un domani"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to an excessive degree",
"word": "jakby jutro miał się skończyć świat"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to an excessive degree",
"word": "jakby jutra miało nie być"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to an excessive degree",
"word": "como se não houvesse amanhã"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to an excessive degree",
"word": "como si no hubiera un mañana"
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"code": "sv",
"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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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to an excessive degree",
"word": "som om om det inte funnes en morgondag"
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"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to an excessive degree",
"word": "parang wala nang bukas"
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to an excessive degree",
"word": "yarın yokmuşçasına"
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{
"word": "like one's life depended on it"
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{
"word": "as if there was no tomorrow"
},
{
"word": "like there is no tomorrow"
},
{
"word": "like there's no tomorrow"
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{
"word": "like there was no tomorrow"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to an excessive degree",
"word": "kuin huomista ei olisi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to an excessive degree",
"word": "comme si sa vie en dépendait"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to an excessive degree",
"word": "als ob es kein Morgen gäbe"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "to an excessive degree",
"word": "כְּאִלּוּ אֵין מָחָר"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to an excessive degree",
"word": "come se non ci fosse un domani"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to an excessive degree",
"word": "jakby jutro miał się skończyć świat"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to an excessive degree",
"word": "jakby jutra miało nie być"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to an excessive degree",
"word": "como se não houvesse amanhã"
},
{
"code": "es",
"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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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to an excessive degree",
"word": "som om om det inte funnes en morgondag"
},
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"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to an excessive degree",
"word": "parang wala nang bukas"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to an excessive degree",
"word": "yarın yokmuşçasına"
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"word": "as if there were no tomorrow"
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