here today and gone tomorrow

here today, (and) gone tomorrow

Said of something that is short-lived. I can't believe I've already spent the money I got for my birthday. Here today, gone tomorrow!

here today and gone tomorrow

Describing an ephemeral phenomenon, a passing fancy, a fad. Originally this expression referred to the relatively brief span of a human life. It was recorded by numerous writers and was included in James Kelly’s Scottish Proverbs of 1721. By the nineteenth century it had become a less serious thought. T. C. Haliburton (Sam Slick) included it in Wise Saws (1843): “I am a bird of passage—here today and gone tomorrow.”

See also: and, gone, here, today, tomorrow

The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer

See also:

here today, (and) gone tomorrow
here today, gone tomorrow
where
bit-bucket
be gone on
gone
gone on (one)
be gone up
to hell and gone
go soft in the head

词组	here today and gone tomorrow
释义	here today and gone tomorrow here today, (and) gone tomorrow Said of something that is short-lived. I can't believe I've already spent the money I got for my birthday. Here today, gone tomorrow! See also: gone, here, tomorrow Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. here today and gone tomorrow Describing an ephemeral phenomenon, a passing fancy, a fad. Originally this expression referred to the relatively brief span of a human life. It was recorded by numerous writers and was included in James Kelly’s Scottish Proverbs of 1721. By the nineteenth century it had become a less serious thought. T. C. Haliburton (Sam Slick) included it in Wise Saws (1843): “I am a bird of passage—here today and gone tomorrow.” See also: and, gone, here, today, tomorrow The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer See also: here today, (and) gone tomorrow here today, gone tomorrow where bit-bucket be gone on gone gone on (one) be gone up to hell and gone go soft in the head
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