live in a tree
live in a tree
old-fashioned To be very fortunate; to have exceptionally good luck. Vasquez has been living in a tree this game—he's allowed over twenty hits, but somehow hasn't had a single run against him.
See also: live, tree
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
live in a tree
To be lucky. A '50s college expression, used in such contexts as telling a roommate whose exam for which he was unprepared was suddenly postponed: “Jeez, pal— you live in a tree.”
See also: live, tree
Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price
- good
- an old fogey/fogy
- fashion
- meek as Moses
- a stuffed shirt
- (Well,) I'll be durned!
- a bit of crackling
- good day