happily ever after

Meaning: (idiomatic)Chiefly preceded byhe,she,they, etc.,lived:often used as aformulaicendinginfairy tales,storiesforchildren, and similarworks: in astateofhappinessfor therestof his, her, their, etc.,lives.And they livedhappily ever after.1881April, Charles Grant, “The Fairyland of[William]Shakespeare”, in Sylvanus Urban[pseudonym], editor,The Gentleman’s Magazine, volume CCL, London:Chatto & Windus,[…],→OCLC,page427:[E]xcept in our dreamiest moods, we scornfully reject the slightest hint of witchery, and yet find no difficulty in believing that the hero and heroine of the last new novel "married and livedhappily ever after" the conclusion of the third volume, without the help of any fairy godmother.1954July 29,J[ohn] R[onald] R[euel] Tolkien, “A Long-expected party”, inThe Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part ofThe Lord of the Rings, New York, N.Y.:Ballantine Books, published September 1973,→ISBN,page58:I might find somewhere where I can finish my book. I have thought of a nice ending for it:and he livedhappily ever afterto the end of his days.2014August 19,Rick Riordan, “You Gotta LoveAphrodite”, inPercy Jackson’s Greek Gods, New York, N.Y.:Disney Hyperion Books,→ISBN,page206:AfterPygmalioncame back to consciousness, he proposed to his perfect woman. They got married, had a few kids, and livedhappily ever after. The weird thing, though? The stories don't even tell us what the ivory girl's name was.

Examples:

EN: And they live happily ever after.
ES: Y viven felices para siempre.
EN: $80,000. And I hope to live happily ever after.
ES: 80.000 dólares, y espero seguir y pasármelo bien.
EN: No regrets and and they lived happily ever after.
ES: Sin remordimientos. y ellos vivieron felices para siempre.
EN: And they lived happily ever after...
ES: Se casaron y fueron felices...
EN: And will they live happily ever after ?
ES: ¿Vivirán felices para siempre?
EN: - And everybody lived happily ever after. - But not on me.
ES: Y fueron felices y comieron perdices.
EN: And everybody lived happily ever after.
ES: Y todos serán felices y comerán perdices...
EN: So they were married and lived happily ever after.
ES: Se casaron y vivieron felices.
EN: Little Red Riding Hood didn't have enough charm to trap a wolf her own age, so she falls in love with the butler and lives happily ever after.
ES: Caperucita Roja no tuvo el encanto suficiente para atrapar a un lobo de su edad. Así que se enamoró del mayordomo y vivieron felices sobre un montón de basura.
EN: If she was a smart girl, she'd pick out some nice chap in her own social set... and marry him and live happily ever after... and never, never enter the butler's room again.
ES: Si fuera una joven inteligente, eligiría algún joven de su propio nivel social, se casaría con él y viviría feliz para siempre, y nunca, nunca volvería al cuarto del mayordomo.
EN: "and I want to marry and live happily ever after," do you know what I'd say? No. What would you say, Grandma?
ES: "y quiero casarme y vivir feliz para siempre," ¿sabes que diría?
EN: And they lived happily ever after.
ES: y vivieron felices por siempre.
EN: That way we could give Mr. Smith a better home and live happily ever after.
ES: Así, le podíamos dar un hogar al Sr. Smith y vivir felices para siempre.
EN: That's it, go on! Go on. And that he will carry me away to his castle where we will live happily ever after.
ES: Eso es... sigue... sigue y él me llevará lejos, a su castillo donde viviremos felices para siempre.
EN: And his love was so deep and tender and true... that it warmed the statue to life and they lived happily ever after.
ES: Su amor era tan profundo y tierno... que le dio vida a la estatua, y vivieron felices para siempre.

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