happily

happily ever after

This phrase borrowed from fairy tale endings is used to suggest that everything will work out perfectly in the future. It is often used after a couple has gotten married. It was such a beautiful wedding, and I just know that Allie and Michael will live happily ever after. It's not like real people just magically live happily ever after—it takes a lot of hard work!
See also: after, ever, happily

live happily ever after

This phrase borrowed, from fairy tale endings, is used to suggest that everything will work out perfectly in the future. It is often used after a couple has gotten married. It was such a beautiful wedding, and I just know that Allie and Michael will live happily ever after. It's not like real people just magically live happily ever after—it takes a lot of hard work to keep a relationship healthy!
See also: after, ever, happily, live
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

live happily ever after

Cliché to live in happiness after a specific event. (A formulaic phrase at the end of fairy tales.) The prince and the princess lived happily ever after. They went away from the horrible haunted castle and lived happily ever after.
See also: after, ever, happily, live
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

live happily ever after

Spend the rest of one's life in happiness, as in In her romantic novels the hero and heroine end up marrying and then live happily ever after . This hyperbolic phrase ends many fairy tales. [Mid-1800s]
See also: after, ever, happily, live
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
See also:
  • eggs is eggs
  • a cold day in Hell
  • come in
  • come in a certain position
  • come on in
  • best foot forward
  • (one's) best foot forward
  • damn well
  • enlist in
  • enlist in (something)
References in periodicals archive
With GRE's launch, families in Pakistan can spend their vacation within Pakistan and outside Pakistan to create lifetime of memories with the cost-effective Happily Vacation Ownership System.
IHIG launches Global Resort Exchange in Pakistan
These two stayed together and revealed in the reunion special that they're still happily married.
'Married At First Sight' Couples That Are Still Together
He (Donnacha O'Brien on Happily) was trying to steady it up, but I thought I'd go on at my own pace.
Laurens is queen of the Kingdom
Happily boasts a progressive profile, but for blowing out when favourite for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf, and she also seems sure to find further improvement.
Improving September may be ace in Ballydoyle pack
Happily was evidently among the Ballydoyle top rank from an early point but looked likely to be eclipsed by better stablemates in due course after Magical edged her out in the Debutante Stakes.
Happily ever after
We're happy to hear Myriam Fares is one happily married woman, even if it doesn't dash all her single male fans' wishes hopes and dreams of becoming her Mr.
Myriam Fares is one happily married woman!
As she seasoned a PS1.20, 10pm cone of chips, my young female server was happily singing along to the muzak of Killing Me Softly.
CHEAPASCHIPS; SHELDON FISH BAR 2232 COVENTRY ROAD, BIRMINGHAM B26 3JH VerdicT: HHHHI
This book shows you that when there are ups and downs along the way to happily ever after, sometimes you just have to be creative and have a sense of humor.
Author T.N. Carpenter Releases Her Novel, "Along the Way to Happily-Ever-After"
Although I have read books that have gripped me more rapidly, I would happily recommend this one, Although I have read books that have gripped me more rapidly, I would happily recommend this one, GULLY Potchard is just an ordinary boy, until he becomes tangled up in a gang of bullies from his old school...
children's book of the week; The Dangerous Discoveries Of Gully Potchard by Julia Lee, published Oxford University Press, priced PS6.99 (ebook PS6). Available now
Each poem describes an animal or child with a peculiar trait who learns to use or modify that trait to live happily with others.
A Bee Named Bea and Other Poems
THE idea that couples can live happily ever after is "bonkers", according to Hollywood star Emma Thompson.
Happily ever after 'is bonkers', says Emma
Happily Ever After: The Life-Changing Power of a Grateful Heart comes from a reality show TV star who became part of a lasting love relationship, and shares author Trista Sutter's thoughts on how she lives a thankful life.
Happily ever after
Summary: In-car video footage from Brazil which shows a man happily riding on the back bumper of an articulated lorry has caused a stir online.
Man hitches ride on truck rear bumper
If you are a happily married woman, you might like to give your husband several extra kisses this Valentine's Day if you have had coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG).
Your mate may be good medicine: happily married women live longer after bypass surgery, study says
People who are happily married are more than three times more likely to be alive 15 years after bypass surgery than those who are unmarried, found a study reported in Health Psychology online on August 22, 2011.
A happy marriage improves survival after bypass surgery