You can't take it with you

We all must leave worldly wealth behind when we die.

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Notes

This proverb was used as the title of a comedy by the twentieth-century American playwrights Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman. You Can't Take It with You concerns an unconventional family fiercely opposed to materialistic values.

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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]

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