to live and breathe
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4.8
- idiom
- Informal
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vivir y respirar
- Leaders of quality organizations must live and breathe the essence of quality.
- lives and breathes baseball
- live and breathe my job
- live and breathe the game
So I sort of lived and breathed this pandemic for two years straight.
- So I sort of lived and breathed this pandemic for two years straight.
- That's like what I literally live and breathe for.
- Because in God I live and breathe.
- So how do you really live and breathe gratitude every day and how can we do the same?
- But this you own, you live and breathe that volatility and you live and breathe those gains when they happen.
- So again, back to those fundamental parameters, this is what I live and breathe in my work as a performer and an artist.
- These people, not all of them, but for the most part, live and breathe to get on these TV shows.
Examples
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Game developers live and breathe games and the internet every day.
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We who live and breathe pop are well-versed in the power of images.
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You live and breathe it.
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OK, to be fair, I live and breathe social media.
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I, I, I, I live and breathe for the creative side of cooking.
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Meaning, at the end of the day, everyone on the team must share, live, and breathe the same beliefs.
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When you live and breathe your own company, it can be an all-consuming process.
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I also live and breathe reggae music as its message touches my soul.
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I mean, that passion's really appreciated because I know you live and breathe toys and figures.
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She lives and breathes soccer; it's her passion and main focus in life.
Synonyms
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4.1
Do well and get energy from something they enjoy or find hard
Antonyms
How Passionate
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4.8
- Informal
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4.8
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1.0
- Informal
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase uses the literal verbs 'live' and 'breathe' (both denoting existence), so learners can infer a sense of deep involvement or that something is central to a person’s life. However, the specific idiomatic force — being extremely enthusiastic or passionate about X — is a metaphorical extension and not fully predictable from the parts alone, and cross-linguistic realizations vary, so prior exposure helps.
Etymology
The idiom live and breathe uses the simple image of live and breathe, like doing something every moment of your life and as naturally as taking a breath. That's why it means 'to be very passionate about something' and 'to make it a main part of your life'.