living the dream



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living the dream

Leading an extremely ideal life, especially in relation to one's career. (Sometimes said ironically to mean the opposite.) Daniel: "John got a great new job testing video games, and he gets to travel to gaming conventions all over the world!" Janet: "Wow, it sounds like he's living the dream!" The only job I could get with my bachelor's degree was some mind-numbing data entry work. I'm really living the dream these days.
See also: dream, living

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Alister['ælistə]
Marylumer-ee-LOO, mar-ee-LOOEnglish (Rare)
Jameel-Arabic
Serhan-Turkish
Lucialoo-CHEE-ah (Italian), LOO-tsee-ah (German), LOO-shə (English), loo-SEE-ə (English)Italian, German, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Romanian, Slovak, Ancient Roman
Orhan-Turkish