new lease on life

a new lease on life

An occasion or opportunity for a renewed enjoyment in, enthusiasm for, or appreciation of one's life. After finding out that the tests came back negative, I feel as though I've been given a new lease on life! Mary's gotten a new lease on life ever since her daughter was born.

See also: lease, life, new, on

new lease on life

A new chance to happy, healthy, or successful after surviving a hardship. After the doctor declared that her cancer was in remission, Harriet felt like she had a new lease on life.

See also: lease, life, new, on

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

new lease on life

Cliché a renewed and revitalized outlook on life. Getting the job offer was a new lease on life. When I got out of the hospital, I felt as if I had a new lease on life.

See also: lease, life, new, on

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

new lease on life

A fresh start; renewed vigor and good health, as in Since they bought his store Dad has had a new lease on life. This term with its allusion to a rental agreement dates from the early 1800s and originally referred only to recovery from illness. By the mid-1800s it was applied to any kind of fresh beginning.

See also: lease, life, new, on

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

a new lease on life

An opportunity to improve one's circumstances or outlook.

See also: lease, life, new, on

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.

new lease on life, a

Renewed health and vigor; a fresh start, or opportunity for improvement. This seemingly very modern expression alluding to a new rental agreement dates from the early nineteenth century. Sir Walter Scott used it in a letter of 1809 concerning an invalid friend who appeared to be improving: “My friend has since taken out a new lease of life and . . . may . . . live as long as I shall.” By the mid-nineteenth century it had been transferred to any kind of fresh start.

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释义	new lease on life a new lease on life An occasion or opportunity for a renewed enjoyment in, enthusiasm for, or appreciation of one's life. After finding out that the tests came back negative, I feel as though I've been given a new lease on life! Mary's gotten a new lease on life ever since her daughter was born. See also: lease, life, new, on new lease on life A new chance to happy, healthy, or successful after surviving a hardship. After the doctor declared that her cancer was in remission, Harriet felt like she had a new lease on life. See also: lease, life, new, on Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. new lease on life Cliché a renewed and revitalized outlook on life. Getting the job offer was a new lease on life. When I got out of the hospital, I felt as if I had a new lease on life. See also: lease, life, new, on McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. new lease on life A fresh start; renewed vigor and good health, as in Since they bought his store Dad has had a new lease on life. This term with its allusion to a rental agreement dates from the early 1800s and originally referred only to recovery from illness. By the mid-1800s it was applied to any kind of fresh beginning. See also: lease, life, new, on The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. a new lease on life An opportunity to improve one's circumstances or outlook. See also: lease, life, new, on American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. new lease on life, a Renewed health and vigor; a fresh start, or opportunity for improvement. This seemingly very modern expression alluding to a new rental agreement dates from the early nineteenth century. Sir Walter Scott used it in a letter of 1809 concerning an invalid friend who appeared to be improving: “My friend has since taken out a new lease of life and . . . may . . . live as long as I shall.” By the mid-nineteenth century it had been transferred to any kind of fresh start. See also: lease, new, on The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer See also: a new lease on life new lease on life, a lease a lease of life a new lease of life give a new lease of life life of the party life of the party, the the life of the party (one's) jollies References in periodicals archive William Marr, "Tenant vs Owner Occupied Farms in York County," in Canadian Papers in Rural History 4 (1984): 50-70; idem, "The Distribution of Tenant Agriculture: Ontario, Canada, 1871," Social Science History 11, 2 (1987): 169-186; and idem, "Nineteenth Century Tenancy Rates in Ontario's Counties, 1881 and 1891," Journal of Social History 21 (1988): 753-764; and Catharine Anne Wilson, A New Lease on Life: Landlords, Tenants and Immigrants in Ireland and Canada (Kingston/Montreal, 1994). 1996): 113-142; Wilson, A New Lease on Life; and William Dowling, "Tenant Right: Agrarian Capitalism and Traditional Agriculture in Rural Ulster 1600-1850, Unpublished PhD dissertation, University of Wisconsin, 1994. Sullivan Report 1837, 437-54; and Wilson, A New Lease on Life, 127-8. Tenancy as a family strategy in mid-nineteenth century Ontario The beauty of this novel is that it suggests the possibilities of transcendence (a new lease on life) by focusing on their absence. No Lease on Life
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