Complete Definition of "life of Riley"

English

Alternative spellings
life of Reilly

Etymology

Various theories exist.

Noun
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#idiom An ideal life of carefree prosperity and contentment.
#* 1919, Alexander Woollcott, The Command is Forward: Tales of the A.E.F. Battlefields, page 257
#*: 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 the life of Riley on the Rhine.

Translations
trans-top|An ideal life care-free
Finnish: t-|fi|kissanpäivät|p, t|fi|herran elämä
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