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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The American dream is to get an education, get a job, buy a home, and live the good life.
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Noreen Sugrue, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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
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Noreen Sugrue, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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
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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 21 Dec. 2024.
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