Daily life

living the dream

having an ideal life

If someone is living the dream, they have the kind of enjoyable or successful life that many people want, often said humorously.

B2 common mostly spoken

expression

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How is your new job?

Free lunches and flexible hours. Living the dream!

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I work from home, walk by the beach, and drink coffee all morning - I am living the dream.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: I am living in the dream.

Say: I am living the dream.

Do not add "in" before "the dream" in this fixed expression.

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How it fits in a sentence.

be living the dream; living the dream in the countryside

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I work from home, walk by the beach, and drink coffee all morning - I am living the dream.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

living the dream

having an ideal life

“I work from home, walk by the beach, and drink coffee all morning - I am living the dream.”

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