| 单词 | to live the dream |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto live the (also one's) dream P5. Originally U.S. to live the (also one's) dream (and variants): to achieve the way of life one has dreamed of or longed for; to realize one's hopes and aspirations. ΚΠ 1878 Ballou's Monthly Mag. Jan. 61/2 The two..were living the dream that had blessed them in early youth. 1888 Scribner's Mag. May 324/1 Celia had begun to live her dream: she sat at her lover's table; whatever this life might be for which she had yearned, she was in the midst of it. 1943 Ammunition (United Automobile, Aircraft, & Agric. Implement Workers Amer.) July 18/2 I..am the heart of America: Me, Jake Smith, with a hoe in my hand,..A handful of wheat in my fist for my people... Living the dream and loving it. 1987 K. Thornton Learning to live with Emotions 14 Phil grew up believing he could never live his dream, so he..martyred himself in a job he disliked. 2007 Daily Tel. 12 Dec. 23/2 More and more people behave as if they have some..inalienable right to be rich... Everyone is encouraged to live the dream and count the pennies later. < as lemmas |
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