Here today, gone tomorrow

Cultural  

1. What is present or important now may be absent or irrelevant in the future.

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here today, gone tomorrow Idioms  

1. Lacking permanence, fleeting. For example, His book attracted a great deal of attention but quickly went out of print—here today and gone tomorrow. Originally alluding to the briefness of the human lifespan, this phrase was first recorded in John Calvin's Life and Conversion of a Christian Man (1549): “This proverb that man is here today and gone tomorrow.”

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Example Sentences

That's in its 11th weekend on release, taking its total to £37.3m - and giving it a longevity that's virtually unheard of in the normally fast-moving world of here today, gone tomorrow popcorn fodder.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2018

It’s as if they’re here today, gone tomorrow.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 21, 2016

Will we, like them, be here today, gone tomorrow?

From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2013

By the middle of 1973, the purity and power of Bowie's breakthrough had become dulled by imitation and repetition – the full stupidity of fashion or trend evanescence: here today, gone tomorrow.

From The Guardian • Mar. 9, 2013

Leah and I tried to explain to her how in Africa the roads are here today, gone tomorrow.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver