You can't take it with you
We all must leave worldly wealth behind when we die.
Notes for You can't take it with you
Words Nearby You can't take it with you
- You Can't Go Home Again
- You can't have your cake and eat it too
- You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs
- You can't make a silk purse from a sow's ear
- You can't squeeze blood from a turnip
- You can't take it with you
- You can't teach an old dog new tricks
- You can't unscramble an egg
- you can't win
- you can't win 'em all
- you could cut it with a knife
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Other Idioms and Phrases with 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]
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