set for life

set for life

Having all that one needs, especially material wealth, to live comfortably for the rest of one's life. Did you hear about Mark and Janet? It turns out the property is on top of some huge oil deposit. They're set for life now! Between the healthy salary and huge range of benefits, you're set for life if you can get one of those cushy jobs with the government.
See also: life, set
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

set for life

prepared to exist for the rest of one's life; having adequate supplies for the rest of one's life. As soon as I win the lottery, I will be set for life. I'll never have to work again!
See also: life, set
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • fixed for life
  • the fat of the land
  • fat of the land
  • fat of the land, the
  • well off
  • not sit comfortably (with one)
  • sit comfortably/easily/well
  • comfortably
  • comfortably off
  • without blinking an eye
References in periodicals archive
Only last month, a first time lottery player fromLeamington netted a [pounds sterling]10,000a month payout for a year on the Set for Life game.
A woman who won PS10,000 per month for the next 30 years, on the National Lottery's Set for Life game, plans to go where on holiday?
Mr Fry said he will to continue to account for every penny of the family finances on his three-month rolling spreadsheet but admitted the top prize win on the National Lottery's Set For Life game will mean he can pay off family debts.
A 42-year-old mother-of-two is celebrating winning PS10,000 every month for the next 30 years after becoming a top prize winner on the National Lottery's Set For Life.
A MUM.OF.TWO is set for life after winning a new National Lottery game.
Vicky Mitchell, from Halifax, matched all five numbers and the Life Ball in the Set For Life draw - making her one of the five top prize winners so far.
And he was left gobsmacked after matching the winning numbers 3, 20, 26, 27 and 32 on the new Set for Life lottery game.
Sam Lawton, 19, downloaded an app to buy his first Lotto ticket last week and was still in the bath when a message arrived saying he had won on the Set for Life game.
Dad-of-four David Tod, 59, won the PS120,000 Set for Life prize after finally remembering to check his numbers when he got home from work.
Set For Life from The National Lottery costs [pounds sterling]1.50 per line to play.
McGregor admitted he did not need to fight to earn the paycheck as he and his family were already set for life but admitted being eager to fight and was, therefore, keeping himself fit for when the time arrives.
The National Lottery's Set For Life game offers PS10,000 per month for three decades if a ticket-holder matches all five main numbers and a Life Ball.
Instead, the man unwittingly handed her a $10 Set For Life ticket.
Eight finalists, and their families, will be set for life. Every one of them is hungry for the opportunity for a better life, but Babel demands the teens display not just teamwork and loyalty, but ruthlessness.
All she has to do is participate in a trip to the future to bring back data, and she'll be set for life. Elena joins a team of four other teens with special skills, including Adam, a science prodigy with his own reason for being there.