lead a life
1lead the life of Riley — lead/live the life of ˈRiley idiom (old fashioned, often disapproving) to live an enjoyable and comfortable life with no problems or responsibilities • The two crooks had been living the life of Riley. • He planned to retire early and then lead… …
2lead a life — have a style of living, have a way of life With your career and children, you lead a busy life …
3lead the life of Riley — informal to have a happy life without hard work, problems or worries. He lived the life of Riley, having inherited a huge amount of money …
4not to lead the life of a dog — To lead a life so wretched that even a dog would not be content with it • • • Main Entry: ↑dog …
5lead — [n1] first place, supremacy advance, advantage, ahead, bulge, cutting edge*, direction, edge, example, facade, front rank, guidance, head, heavy, leadership, margin, model, over, pilot, point, precedence, primacy, principal, priority, protagonist …
6lead — lead1 W1S1 [li:d] v past tense and past participle led [led] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(take somebody somewhere)¦ 2¦(go in front)¦ 3¦(be in charge)¦ 4¦(cause something to happen)¦ 5¦(cause somebody to believe something)¦ 6¦(influence)¦ 7¦(be more successful)¦… …
7life — n. 1) to lead a life (to lead a busy life) 2) to prolong; save a life 3) to devote one s life (to smt.) 4) to spend one s life (doing smt.) 5) to give, lay down, sacrifice; risk one s life 6) to claim, snuff out, take a life (she took her own… …
8life you lead — the way you live, lifestyle; lead a life The life we lead here is based on respect for human rights …
9Lead poisoning — Classification and external resources An X ray demonstrating the characteristic finding of lead poisoning, dense metaphyseal lines. ICD 10 T …
10life — W1S1 [laıf] n plural lives [laıvz] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(time somebody is alive)¦ 2¦(state of being alive)¦ 3¦(way somebody lives)¦ 4¦(particular situation/job)¦ 5 social/personal/sex etc life 6¦(human existence)¦ 7¦(time when something exists/works)¦ …
