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charmed life
Idioms and Phrases
An existence that seems protected by extreme good luck, as in Robert came out of that accident without a scratch; he must lead a charmed life . The adjective charmed once meant 鈥渕agical,鈥 which is no doubt what Shakespeare had in mind when he used the term in Macbeth (5:8): 鈥淟et fall thy blade on vulnerable crests, I bear a charmed life, which must not yield To one of woman born.鈥 Later it was extended to anyone who narrowly escaped from danger or was similarly lucky. [Late 1500s]Example Sentences
鈥淗e鈥檚 always lived a charmed life in terms of politics, but there鈥檚 also been more to him.鈥
Republicans, again, live a charmed life around election time.
I鈥檝e lived just a charmed life and I am so fortunate.鈥
Sunderland's goal had been living a charmed life but that charm has certainly worn off as Leicester go ahead.
Displaying a sense of humor about one鈥檚 charmed life has emerged as the last, best defense people like Johnson have against the charge of inheriting success as a birthright.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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