life of Riley | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic,dated)Anideallifeofcarefreeprosperityandluxuriouscontentment.1902June 24, “Not the "Life of Reilly"”, inMorning Call‎[1], Paterson, NJ, page 8:It's thelife of Reilly, but we're not stuck on it at that [...] If I stay her[sic]doing this sort of work for another week I won't be fit to work all summer, for I'm getting lazier every day1909July 30, “"Wanderlust" Gripped Mike: Thirteen-year-old Italian Boy Found by Brother Yesterday”, inMorning Call‎[2], Paterson, NJ, page 1:Michael, according to his own story, had "beenliving the life of Riley" ever since he bolted.1911, “Bullet Ends Life of Famous Wild Cow”,The Hartford Courant,December 1911:[1]The famous wild cow of Cromwell is no more. After “living thelife of Riley” for over a year, successfully evading the pitchforks and the bullets of the farmers, whose fields she ravaged in all four seasons.1919, Alexander Woollcott,The Command is Forward: Tales of the A.E.F. Battlefields, page257:This is the story of the softships of the Third American Army. For the Yankee troops who were assigned to take and hold the Coblenz bridgehead are leading thelife of Rileyon the Rhine.1919“My Name is Kelly”, Harry Pease:Faith and my name is Kelly, Michael Kelly,But I’m living thelife of Reillyjust the same.

Examples:

EN: Then turned to his companion and uttered those magic words .. That were to destine me to a life of Riley.
ES: que harían de mi una princesa:
EN: A house, carriage and pair for me daughter and the life of Riley hereafter and evermore.
ES: -iQué encontraste? -Una casa un coche con dos caballos para mi hija y una vida de lujos de aquí a la eternidad.
EN: You mortarmen sure live the life of Riley here.
ES: Ustedes sí que saben vivir.
EN: I used to think it was a life of Riley, but I don'tenjoy it any more, maybe because I'm getting old.
ES: Solía pensar que era una vida como de ricos, pero ya no la disfruto así, será quizás porque me estoy haciendo mayor.
EN: -We listened to you the last time, mate, and got stuck in here for three years while you've been outside living the life of Riley.
ES: - Ya te escuchamos la última vez y acabamos aquí encerrados mientras tú vives fuera como un rey.
EN: You go on drawing 100 quid a week and living the life of Riley.
ES: Que tú siguieras gastando cien libras a la semana y viviendo la vida de Riley.
EN: I've sold my factory. I'm living the life of Riley.
ES: Vendí la fábrica y estoy viviendo la vida.
EN: - Yes, the life of Riley.
ES: - Sí, no se anda con chiquitas.
EN: - It's the life of Riley. We booze it up, play the tables down Charlie Chester's.
ES: Nos dedicamos a beber y a jugar en lo de Charlie Chester.
EN: She's living the life of Riley.
ES: Obviamente, está feliz con Riley.
EN: This is the life of Riley, starring Doug as Riley. [Water splashing]
ES: Esta es la vida de Riley, con la actuación de Doug como Riley.
EN: So, living the life of Riley pretty much, right?
ES: Así pues, viviendo la vida de Riley muy bien, ¿verdad?
EN: The man is having the life of Riley.
ES: El hombre lleva una vida fantástica.
EN: Get myself a beautiful senorita, Live the life of Riley down there.
ES: Y conseguir una bonita "señorita", y darme la vida que Riley se da allá.
EN: The life of Riley.
ES: - La vida de Riley.

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