you can't take it with you



you can't take it with you

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]
See also: take

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Gonzalogon-THAH-lo (Spanish), gon-SAH-lo (Latin American Spanish)Spanish
Lavra-Slovene
JairJAY-ər (English)Biblical
Philippinefee-lee-PEENFrench
Avdotya-Russian
Landebert-Ancient Germanic