spend the rest of (one's) life

spend the rest of (one's) life

To spend the remaining portion of one's life (doing something or being some place). Honestly, I'd love to retire by the water some place and spend the rest of my life fixing up old boats. My grandmother always said she would spend the rest of her life in South America if she could.
See also: life, of, rest, spend
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • live out (the rest of) (one's) life
  • give (one's) life
  • mix business with pleasure
  • sunny
  • look on the sunny side (of life/things)
  • cannot for the life of me/him/her/us/them
  • can't for the life of me
  • take (one's or someone's) life in(to) (one's) (own) hands
  • take life in hands
  • take your life in your hands