life is too short for unhappiness
- idiom
- Informal
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la vida es demasiado corta para la infelicidad
- After the breakup, she reminded herself that life is too short for unhappiness and took a trip to Europe.
Examples
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He realized life is too short for unhappiness, so he chose to follow his passion for painting.
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Whenever work feels overwhelming, just remember that life is too short for unhappiness.
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Remember, life is too short for unhappiness!
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He often says, life is too short for unhappiness.
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After the breakup, she reminded herself that life is too short for unhappiness and took a trip to Europe.
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He realized life is too short for unhappiness, so he chose to follow his passion for painting.
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Whenever work feels overwhelming, just remember that life is too short for unhappiness.
Surface Forms
Morphology
life + be + too + short + for + unhappiness
The sentence's meaning is directly derivable from its parts: 'life' + 'too short' + 'for unhappiness' conveys that life has limited duration so one should not spend it being unhappy. This proverb-like construction uses a simple, cross-linguistically common metaphor of shortness of life for limited time, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will readily infer the intended advice.
Etymology
Life is too short for unhappiness may come from the simple image of life as a short candle: if short, its light will end soon, so you want to enjoy the light, not spend time being sad. So it means 'do not waste time being unhappy'.
