High Life

High Life
High|life, das; -[s], High Life, das; - -[s] [- 'la̮if, 'ha̮ila̮if ; engl. high life = das Leben der Oberschicht, aus: high (high) u. life = Leben]:
1. exklusives Leben neureicher Gesellschaftskreise.
2. ausgelassene Stimmung; fröhliches, turbulentes Treiben:
bei uns ist heute H. (wir feiern heute).

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High|life ['haɪlaɪf; auch: '-'-], das; -[s], (auch:) High Life, das; - -[s] [engl. high life = das Leben der Oberschicht, aus: high (↑high) u. life = Leben]: exklusives Leben neureicher Gesellschaftskreise: ihr Bedürfnis nach Prominentenglamour und H. ließ sich in Amerika nicht befriedigen (Spiegel 5, 1982, 162); Ü bei uns ist heute H. (ugs.; wir feiern heute); eine ziemlich geile Zeit ... Jeden Zahltag H. (ging es hoch her; Stern 41, 1980, 146).

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