high life
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- noun
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vida de lujo
- Machold, at his peak, lived the high life in a Schloss with a trophy wife and every imaginable luxury.
- live the high life
- enjoy the high life
- taste for the high life
Livermore really started living the high life at this time.
- Livermore really started living the high life at this time.
- And let me tell you, we got to taste the high life a little bit and you get addicted.
Examples
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He could take a year or two off work and live the high life.
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Fashion designers Jolie Benson and Sarah Elizabeth Dewey knew what it meant when they found themselves leaving the high life of New York City for their home in the sweet ol' South.
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You know, I used to live the high life, uh...
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Busy living that high life, huh?
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But when folks are used to living the high life, they do not easily give it up.
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At the beginning of the movie, David and Jackie were living the high life and were constructing the largest house in America down in Florida.
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The following are 16 sickening facts that show how members of Congress and federal workers are living the high life at your expense.
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He not only owns his own private 737 jet, called Wings of Justice, he also lives the high life in a 50-room mansion along the luxurious Florida coast.
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After winning the lottery, she began to live the high life, traveling to exotic destinations and dining at five-star restaurants.
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He flaunted his wealth by driving a luxury car and hosting extravagant parties, truly embracing the high life.
Synonyms
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A way of living with expensive things, parties, and lots of spending
A very rich, showy way of living with many expensive things
Antonyms
How Luxurious
Surface Forms
Morphology
The sense 'a life of luxury' is directly derivable from combining 'high' (elevated, superior) with 'life' (way of living): a B1 learner who knows both words can infer a life at a higher/statusful level, i.e. extravagant. This adjective+noun composition is regular and readily interpretable in English, so the expression is transparently compositional.
Etymology
High life comes from the image of high and life: imagine living high above the ground in top floors, with fancy things and big parties. That's why it means 'a life of luxury and pleasure'.