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life
noun
life imprisonment AUSTRALIA, 1833- “It’ll be more than slander they charge you with, you mug lair,” snarled the bookie. “And when they do I hope you get life.” — James Holledge, The Great Australian Gamble, p. 142, 1966
▶ go for your life
to partake enthusiastically; to go all out AUSTRALIA, 1920- You and your tin-pot court. There’s no court in the world big enough to make me give her to you. The Almighty himself couldn’t make me do it. Go for your life. See where you get. — D’Arcy Niland, The Shiralee, p. 216, 1955
▶ have a life; get a life
to enjoy a well-rounded life including work, family, friends and interests US, 1985- How come he’s not making this trek down memory lane? Or does he have a life? — Boys on the Side, 1995
▶ in the life
homosexual US- — Donald Webster Cory and John P. LeRoy, The Homosexual and His Society, p. 265, 1963: “A lexicon of homosexual slang”
- — Male Swinger Number 3, p. 46, 1981: “The complete gay dictionary”
- — Paul Baker, Polari, p. 178, 2002
▶ not for the life of you
expresses the impossibilty of your doing, understanding “something”, etc UK, 1809
Hyperbole.- I could not, for the life of me, recall the time of his vanishing. — The Observer, 8 October 2000
▶ the life- the criminal lifestyle; the lifestyle of prostitution US, 1916
- If a good gal–a sweethearted dame who had no stomach for the life–had started living with Paul, I’d have objected. — Philip Wylie, Opus 21, p. 297, 1949
- I been in the life thirty years and had one pimp or another every single day of it. — John M. Murtagh and Sara Harris, Cast the First Stone, p. 112, 1957
- He took me out every night for three weeks after work, and said over and over that he had fallen in love with me at first sight, that he had to marry me and take me out of the life. — Sara Harris, The Lords of Hell, p. 32, 1967
- Willie was in the life and he couldn’t return to giging (working) everyday, so through friends he began to sell a little pot to make ends meet. — Babs Gonzales, I Paid My Dues, p. 96, 1967
- It was an integral part of the Life, and she’d known the Life from chilldhood. — Nathan Heard, Howard Street, p. 166, 1968
- Lots a girls in the life has chillrens. — Robert Gover, JC Saves, p. 126, 1968
- I was a con, I loved the life–and to hell with the past and future. — Red Rudensky, The Gonif, p. 92, 1970
- I’ve been outta the life since I left Detroit. — A.S. Jackson, Gentleman Pimp, p. 117, 1973
- In the life, a man cannot be involved with words, like who said what about who–for sure you’ll be in the middle. — Edwin Torres, Carlito’s Way, p. 80, 1975
- [S]uch peripheral types as “street cats” and “shadies” are not members, though these groups frequently interact with those who truly belong to the Life. — Dennis Wepman et al., The Life, p. 2, 1976
- The hardest thing for me was leaving the life. I still love the life. We were treated like movie stars with muscle. — Goodfellas, 1990
- VINCENT: So you’re serious, you’re really gonna quit? JULES: The life, most definitely. — Pulp Fiction, 1994
- The point is: Kip’s been living the life. — Gone in 60 Seconds, 2000
- the business and lifestyle of professional wrestling US
- It was rough at first, leaving the life, but DiBiase persevered. — World of Wrestling Magazine, p. 7, June 1999
▶ there’s life in the old dog yet; there’s life in the old girl yet
he, or she, is still very much alive, and, especially, capable of sexual activity UK, 1857- Oh-ho! Buying gifts for the ladies, eh? There’s life in the old dog yet. — Jo Beverley, Something Wicked, p. 320, 1997
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