livin

How ya living?

slang How are things? How's life? ("Ya" is a colloquial shortening of "you.") Haven't seen you in a while, man—how ya living? Hi Murray, how ya living? A: "How ya living, Ted?" B: "Oh, I'm fine. How are you doing?"

See also: how, YA

it takes a lot of living to make a house a home

A house is just a place; a home is a source of safety, comfort, and attachment, created over time by the people, things, and memories that one cherishes. A: "It feels so strange and foreign to be living in a new house." B: "Well, it'll take time to adjust to it. It takes a lot of living to make a house a home, you know." Yes, it takes a lot of living to make a house a home, but we will get there, and our new place will feel like home eventually. A: "This place still just feels like a building. Kind of like a hotel." B: "Well, it takes lots of living to make a house a home."

See also: home, house, living, lot, make, of, take, to

living the dream

Leading an extremely ideal life, especially in relation to one's career. (Sometimes said ironically to mean the opposite.) Daniel: "John got a great new job testing video games, and he gets to travel to gaming conventions all over the world!" Janet: "Wow, it sounds like he's living the dream!" The only job I could get with my bachelor's degree was some mind-numbing data entry work. I'm really living the dream these days.

See also: dream, living

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How ya living?

interrog. How are you doing? (The response is Living large.) How ya living, man?

See also: how, YA

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