living
- adjective
- /ˈlɪvɪŋ/
- Informal
- I mean, your life is a living hell for those six months.
I mean, your life is a living hell for those six months.
- I mean, your life is a living hell for those six months.
- That just scared the living shit out of me.
- Our colleagues beat the living snot out of him and he just would not talk.
- And they would go in and they would batter the living fuck out of him.
- They're my all the fault of that happening to one of my children is a living nightmare.
- So they you're, I mean, it's, it sounds like life for your wife was an absolute living hell.
- But it was really interesting to hear such an eloquent description of what that would be like for somebody for whom that would be a living hell.
- Scared the living daylights out of the Wall Street crooks.
- So the police at at that checkpoint at that time managed to pick themselves off the floor and they beat the living daylights out of it.
- Your YouTube channel scared the living out of me.
- I try to not be open to it because it would scare the living daylights out of Maine if I ever did have an experience.
Examples
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His messy breakup turned his life into a living hell that he couldn't escape from.
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Now I'm going to curl the living hell out of my lashes using my Shiseido eyelash curler.
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Your YouTube channel scared the living out of me.
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Record the living hell out of that and re watch those game tapes.
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They're my all the fault of that happening to one of my children is a living nightmare.
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The unexpected storm caused a living nightmare for the hikers stuck on the mountain.
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She felt like she was fighting the living daylights out of her anxiety every day.
Idioms
- Informal
Traveling a lot and staying in temporary places, rarely unpacking
- Offensive
To hit someone very hard or to shock someone very much
Compounds
- Specialized
An official paper that says what medical care you want if you cannot make decisions
- Specialized
A legal plan that lets you keep control of your money and property while alive and avoid court after death
A way of life that uses less energy and resources to protect the environment
- Specialized
A number showing how much money a typical household needs for basic goods and services
- Literature
A monthly magazine about country homes, gardening, cooking, and life in the countryside
- Specialized
A payment that automatically increases when prices rise to help people afford things
- South African
A small plant with thick leaves that looks like a stone and has yellow or white flowers
- Archaic
Material inside a living cell, including the jelly-like cytoplasm and the nucleus
A set of matching furniture for a room where people sit and relax, like a sofa and chairs
- South African
A small plant that grows in clumps with thick grey-green leaves that look like stones
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Living in phrases like 'the living hell' or 'the living daylights' is used to make the idea stronger or more shocking; think of it as making the danger feel 'alive' and very real.