charmed life

Idioms and Phrases

An existence that seems protected by extreme good luck, as in Robert came out of that accident without a scratch; he must lead a charmed life . The adjective charmed once meant “magical,” which is no doubt what Shakespeare had in mind when he used the term in Macbeth (5:8): “Let fall thy blade on vulnerable crests, I bear a charmed life, which must not yield To one of woman born.” Later it was extended to anyone who narrowly escaped from danger or was similarly lucky. [Late 1500s]

Example Sentences

Halfway through his second term, Johnson has enjoyed a charmed life.

From The Daily Beast

In certain ways—perfect-10 body, husband, and overall charmed life aside—she can be just like any other mother.

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Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has led a charmed life when it comes to evading the law—until now.

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Not exactly the charmed life his countrymen imagined he was savoring all those years.

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These latest headlines are a crowning act to an already charmed life.

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But he seemed to have a charmed life, and, though he plunged into the thick of the fight, he was not even wounded.

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You thought you bore a charmed life; you thought nothing could kill you.

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That fish must either bear a charmed life, or else it's ball-proof!

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Once I left him for dead in the Great Woods, but he seemed to have a charmed life and escaped.

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"He must bear a charmed life, or he would have been killed the night he jumped from the New London special," said Frank.

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