- live and breathe something
- to be very enthusiastic about a particular activity and spend all the time you can doing it or talking about it
Some people live and breathe football.
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live and breathe something
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live and breathe something — phrase to be very enthusiastic about a particular activity and spend all the time you can doing it or talking about it Some people live and breathe football. Thesaurus: to be, or to become interested in somethingsynonym Main entry: live * * * be… … Useful english dictionary
live and breathe something — live and breathe (something) if you live and breathe an activity or subject, you spend most of your time doing it or thinking about it because you like it so much. For twenty years I ve lived and breathed dance. It s been my whole life … New idioms dictionary
live and breathe something — be devoted to a subject or activity. → live … English new terms dictionary
live and breathe — To be passionately enthusiastic about • • • Main Entry: ↑live * * * see live I * * * live and breathe ◇ If you live and breathe something, you spend a great deal of time, thought, or effort on that thing. She lives and breathes music. They live… … Useful english dictionary
live and breathe — (something) if you live and breathe an activity or subject, you spend most of your time doing it or thinking about it because you like it so much. For twenty years I ve lived and breathed dance. It s been my whole life … New idioms dictionary
as I live and breathe — old fashioned phrase used for expressing surprise Thesaurus: old fashioned expressions of surprisesynonym Main entry: live * * * used, esp. in spoken English, to express one s surprise at coming across someone or something good Lord, Jack Stone,… … Useful english dictionary
live — live1 W1S1 [lıv] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(in a place/home)¦ 2¦(plant/animal)¦ 3¦(at a particular time)¦ 4¦(be/stay alive)¦ 5¦(way of life)¦ 6¦(earn a living)¦ 7¦(exciting life)¦ 8¦(imagine something)¦ 9¦(be kept somewhere)¦ 10 … Dictionary of contemporary English
live — live1 [ lıv ] verb *** ▸ 1 be/stay alive ▸ 2 have home in place ▸ 3 have kind of life ▸ 4 keep alive certain way ▸ 5 continue to exist ▸ 6 have interesting life ▸ 7 be kept in certain place ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) intransitive to be or stay alive: She s … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
live — I UK [lɪv] / US verb Word forms live : present tense I/you/we/they live he/she/it lives present participle living past tense lived past participle lived *** 1) [intransitive] to have your home in a particular place Paris is a nice place to live.… … English dictionary
live — live1 [lɪv] verb 1》 remain alive. ↘be alive at a specified time. ↘spend one s life in a particular way. ↘supply oneself with the means of subsistence. 2》 make one s home in a place or with a person. 3》 be remembered: her name lived on … English new terms dictionary
