Snatch and Eat/ to eat quickly/ to bolt one's food/ let us enjoy the present
Figuratively: an attitude of chasing after pleasures; take quickly while it is still possible.
("Samuel said to Rav Yehuda: 'Sharp one, snatch and eat, snatch and drink, for the world we are leaving is like a banquet (i.e., the world we depart from is like a feast).'") - Eruvin 54a
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
חֲטֹוף וֶאֱכֹול
Definition (Hebrew)
בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: הֲלַךְ רוּחַ שֶׁל רְדִיפָה אַחַר הֲנָאוֹת. לָקַחַת מַהֵר כָּל עוֹד אֶפְשָׁר.
("אָמַר לֵהּ שְׁמוּאֵל לְרַב יְהוּדָה: שִׁנָּנָא, חֲטֹף וֶאֱכֹל חֲטֹף וְאִשְׁתִּי (וּשְׁתֵה), דְּעָלְמָא דְּאָזְלִינַן מִנֵּהּ כְּהִלּוּלָא דָּמֵי (שֶׁהָעוֹלָם שֶׁאָנוּ הוֹלְכִים מִמֶּנּוּ לְמִשְׁתֶּה דּוֹמֶה)"- עֵרוּבִין נָד ע"א)