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live the dream

idiom
Meaning

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


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.

Anchors to
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  1. 01

    American Dream

    The ideal stressing egalitarianism and that every citizen of the United States should have an equal opportunity to achieve material prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative.

  2. 02

    live a lie

    To conceal something about oneself, without the knowledge of which others cannot know one's true character or perspective.

  3. 03

    live and die by

    Be completely reliant upon.

  4. 04

    live and let live

    To be tolerant; to enjoy the pleasures and opportunities which life offers and to allow others to do the same.

  5. 05

    live beyond one's means

    Have a lifestyle where one's spending regularly exceeds one's income.

  6. 06

    live down

    To cause others to forget about something embarrassing that happened to oneself.

  7. 07

    live in sin

    To cohabit as if husband and wife without being married.

  8. 08

    live in the past

    To dwell on and ruminate about past events.

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