live like a prince, to
live like a prince, to
To live extremely well, in lavish circumstances. This simile dates from the sixteenth century and has somehow outlived the days when royalty was preeminent in wealth and position. It is still used just as Samuel Pepys did in his Diary in 1660: “We came to Sir W. Batten’s, where he lives like a prince.”
See also: like, live
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
- crazy as a coot/loon
- slow as (slower than) molasses (in January)
- no love lost between them, there's
- there's something in the wind
- take to it like a duck to water, to
- up one's sleeve, to have something
- moon (is) made of green cheese, (and) the
- pick a bone (with someone), to
- for my/one's money
- when all's (is) said and done