live the dream
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.
“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.”
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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.
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die the way one lived
To die because of or after doing something characteristic of oneself, especially something that one enjoyed doing.
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in your dreams
Used to express the speaker's skepticism about another's preceding statement about a desired or assumed state of affairs.
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live a lie
To conceal something about oneself, without the knowledge of which others cannot know one's true character or perspective.
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live and die by
Be completely reliant upon.
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live and let live
To be tolerant; to enjoy the pleasures and opportunities which life offers and to allow others to do the same.
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live beyond one's means
Have a lifestyle where one's spending regularly exceeds one's income.
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live down
To cause others to forget about something embarrassing that happened to oneself.
Last updated August 10, 2026