in the land of the living

idiom

informal
: not dead : alive
I hadn't heard from him for years and was glad to find him still in the land of the living.

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“In the land of the living.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20land%20of%20the%20living. Accessed 20 Mar. 2023.

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