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You can't take it with you
- We all must leave worldly wealth behind when we die.
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Idioms and Phrases
Enjoy material things while you're alive, as in Go ahead and buy the fancier car; you can't take it with you . This phrase gained currency as the title of a very popular play (1936) by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart and of the 1938 film based on it. [First half of 1800s]Example Sentences
The biggest downside: You canât take it with you when you go!
âI suddenly realized, with my dad getting old and my mom dying, itâs like, âNo, you canât take it with you,â â she said.
You have to be able to say, "No, that's not right," and do the right thing, even if it means a little less money because you can't take it with you.
Groban had nothing but praise for his co-star, who won a Tony in 2015 for her performance in the Moss Hart-George S. Kaufman comedy âYou Canât Take It With Youâ and received rapturous acclaim for her role in the 2017 revival of âSunday in the Park With Georgeâ that starred Jake Gyllenhaal.
Other roles came, several of them further variations on the dumb blonde: Glinda in âWickedâ; Essie in âYou Canât Take It With You,â her Tony-winning part; Sylvia in âSylvia,â in which she played a blond dog.
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Idioms from The American HeritageŸ Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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