live happily ever after



live happily ever after

Cliché to live in happiness after a specific event. (A formulaic phrase at the end of fairy tales.) The prince and the princess lived happily ever after. They went away from the horrible haunted castle and lived happily ever after.
See also: after, ever, happily, live

live happily ever after

Spend the rest of one's life in happiness, as in In her romantic novels the hero and heroine end up marrying and then live happily ever after . This hyperbolic phrase ends many fairy tales. [Mid-1800s]
See also: after, ever, happily, live

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Rob[rɔb]
Anahit-Armenian, Armenian Mythology
Rafiqa-Arabic
WodanVO-dahn (German)Germanic Mythology
Juro (1)-Croatian
Misi-Hungarian