live in a tree



live in a tree

To be lucky. A '50s college expression, used in such contexts as telling a roommate whose exam for which he was unprepared was suddenly postponed: “Jeez, pal— you live in a tree.”
See also: live, tree

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Watt[wɔt]
Nikoleni-KOL (English)Basque, English
WoodyWUWD-eeEnglish
Bamforth['bæmfəθ]
Zhaklina-Macedonian, Bulgarian
MÁRta-Hungarian