live the good life

idiom

: to live the life of a wealthy person
He made a lot of money in the stock market and he's been living the good life ever since.

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Get ready to live the good life on a locomotive in Italy next year. Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 13 Aug. 2024 Singapore is the most expensive city in the world for rich people to live the good life for the second year in a row, according to the Swiss private bank Julius Baer. Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune Asia, 25 June 2024 In it, Florida and California promised a place in the sun for industrious Americans to live the good life, with the perfect climate. Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Sep. 2023 In many ways, credit scores have become the arbiter of who gets to live the good life in America. Mya Frazier, New York Times, 7 June 2023 In many ways, credit scores have become the arbiter of who gets to live the good life in America. Mya Frazier, New York Times, 7 June 2023 It had been eagerly awaited since Smith announced it in 2020, and the whole thing sounds as much of a fairy tale as the premise of the comedy about an inner-city teen from Philadelphia transplanted to live the good life in the wealthy Los Angeles neighborhood. Lisa Respers France, CNN, 19 Feb. 2022 Harris continues to live the good life, never suffering any consequences, excelling at college, about to start a lucrative career, lauded for his humanitarian works, while Camille remains in anguish. Oline H. Cogdill, sun-sentinel.com, 25 Oct. 2021 The summer-long installation is filled with all the things a Dior-lover needs to live the good life. Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 29 May 2021

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“Live the good life.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/live%20the%20good%20life. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.

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