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living the life of Riley

ADJECTIVE
happy-go-lucky
Synonyms
STRONGEST
carefree cheerful easygoing
WEAK
blithe carefree and untroubled casual content cool devil-may-care easy feckless free and easy free-minded heedless improvident insouciant irresponsible lackadaisical lighthearted nonchalant reckless unconcerned untroubled without care
Antonyms
STRONGEST
worried
WEAK
disconsolate discontented dissatisfied distressed troubled upset

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USC put its coaching search into overdrive, from 0 to 60 in nothing flat, swapping out a clunky old jalopy for a shiny turbocharged Lincoln, and now the Trojans are living the life of Riley.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2021

"The directors and ex-directors are living the life of Riley from what I can see, with their helicopters, their horses and their properties. It is very sad that this could have been allowed to happen."

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2019

Gist: Canadians are living the life of Riley; there are no shortages of meat, butter, cigarets, liquor, fuel, women's & children's clothing.

From Time Magazine Archive

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