Opinions & arguments

life's too short

do not waste time

You say this to mean that you should not waste your limited time on unpleasant or unimportant things.

B1 very common mostly spoken

expression

Hear it in real life

Should we complain about the slow service?

No, life's too short.

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Life's too short to spend every weekend cleaning the whole house.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: Life's too short for to argue with him.

Say: Life's too short to argue with him.

Use either "too short to" plus a verb or "too short for" plus a noun, not "for to" together.

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

life's too short to do something; life's too short for something

Your turn: say it out loud

Life's too short to spend every weekend cleaning the whole house.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

life's too short

do not waste time

“Life's too short to spend every weekend cleaning the whole house.”

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