seize the day
verbEtymology
Calque of Latin carpe diem, originally meaning "enjoy the day", literally "pluck (or harvest) the day", from a poem by the ancient poet Horace. In Latin, it was common to use carpo (“to pluck something, pick off”) metaphorically to express enjoying a period of time. The use of seize is a traditional mistranslation originating from a confusion with cape, singular imperative of capio (“to seize something, grab”).
- derived from carpe diem
Definitions
To enjoy the present and not worry about the future
To enjoy the present and not worry about the future; to live for the moment.
To make the most of today by achieving fulfillment in a philosophical or spiritual sense.
To attack the day's efforts with vigor and purpose.
The neighborhood
- neighborstop and smell the roses
- neighbortomorrow never comes
- neighboryesterday is gone
- neighboryou only go around once
- neighboryou only live once
- neighborYOLO
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA