Meaning Suggestion that you should spend money and live life now as it will be no use to you after you die.
Usage Worldwide.
Example
- Grandma saved all her life but lived on a pittance. No one told her that you can't take it with you.
Pronunciation
Idiom
You cant take it with you
What does "You cant take it with you" mean?
Suggestion that you should spend money and live life now as it will be no use to you after you die.
You can’t take it with you
Britain, 1930s - deriving from several similar idioms dating from the early 19th century onward.