eat, drink and be merry

eat, drink, and be merry

A call for others to enjoy themselves, usually in the context of a party or other festive gathering. Come on, people, this is a party—eat, drink, and be merry!
See also: and, merry
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

ˌeat, drink and be ˈmerry

(saying) said to encourage somebody to enjoy life now, while they can, and not to think of the future
See also: and, drink, merry
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • eat, drink, and be merry
  • merry
  • dry party
  • run as
  • run as (something)
  • Party on!
  • go to (something) as (someone or something)
  • hen party
  • horsefeathers to you
  • crash the party
References in periodicals archive
DRINK The Christmas do is a chance to eat, drink and be merry. But it's easy to overdo it on the booze.
Eat, drink and be merry! New World Makati Hotel prepares an exciting feast to celebrate the holidays.
WITH only a week to go before Santa's big arrival, everybody is starting to look forward to being able to eat, drink and be merry!
My take is from the Bible: "Eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow you die."
Eat, drink and be Merry. The Merry Ploughboys, a Dublin-based traditional Irish music group that specializes in Irish ballads, folk music and plenty of audience participation, returns to Mechanics Hall Feb.
Manila, Philippines -- Manila officials advised revelers who will apply the 'eat, drink and be merry' adage during the weekend fiesta celebrations to keep drinking at a tolerable level and avoid riots or they could face jail time.
IF you prefer boogiewoogie piano and a rock band, head to The Jam House (jamhouse.com) where you can watch, dance, eat, drink and be merry.
GORDON RAMSAY'S FESTIVE HOME COOKING Channel 4, 8pm It's that time of year when all we want to do is eat, drink and be merry.
After all, the season of eat, drink and be merry brightens up the darkest part of our year and it's a welcome break from the long dreary months of a Scottish winter.
CHRISTMAS is a time to eat, drink and be merry, so if you want to celebrate in style - without breaking the bank - take a look at Tso's.
CHRISTMAS may be the time to eat, drink and be merry. But for some couples the increase in alcohol consumed over the festive period leads to nothing but an increase in misery at home.
Even people who spend the rest of the year counting calories and eating their five helpings of fruit and vegetables a day forget about their diets at Christmas to eat, drink and be merry.
Eat, drink and be merry - and enjoy your pension while you can.
Over the course of three tasty courses, Nigella serves up a cool Yule, which appears to be as simple as - eat, drink and be merry.
Workers in Wales said they expected to eat, drink and be merry for five hours at an office party, more than other people.