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Idiom

live the dream

Meaning

To experience the achievement of every success that one has aspired to achieve, especially from a career.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“He works on the beach and truly lives the dream.”

“After years of hard work, she finally got her dream job and is now living the dream.”

“Having retired early to a quiet villa in the Mediterranean, he spent his final years convinced that he was finally living the dream.”

Examples

simple

“He works on the beach and truly lives the dream.”

contextual

“After years of hard work, she finally got her dream job and is now living the dream.”

complex

“Having retired early to a quiet villa in the Mediterranean, he spent his final years convinced that he was finally living the dream.”

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