“life of”

The following 8 entries include the term life of.

life of Riley

noun phrase

: a carefree comfortable way of living

life-of-man

noun

a life of leisure

noun phrase

: an existence that does not require that one works

for the life of one

idiom

: in any way at all used to say that one is unable to remember or understand something

life of crime

idiom

: habitual breaking of the law

save the life of (someone)

idiom

: to stop (someone) from dying or being killed

take on a life of its own

idiom

: to become very large, important, or hard to control

the life of the party

noun phrase

: someone who is very lively and amusing at a party or other social gathering


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