living it up
Enjoying life extravagantly
Living it up means enjoying life extravagantly or indulgently, typically by spending freely on pleasures and luxuries: We spent the weekend in Vegas living it up.
The phrase suggests temporary abandon—a vacation, celebration, or windfall that justifies excess.
Someone living it up isn't worried about tomorrow's budget or responsibilities.
- mirthAmusement with laughter
- flingForceful toss, or tryst
- funAmusement or pleasure
- good timesEnjoyable life periods
- extravaganceExcessive, wasteful spending
splurge · indulgence · pleasure · gaiety · decadence · hedonism · throwing caution · enjoyment · debauchery · revelry · night on the town · wild night · paint the town red · merrymaking · high life · high roller · carousing · opulence
- letting loosecutting loose, letting go, going wild, going crazy, running wild
- good timeshaving fun, partying, celebrating, playing, laughing
- joy expressionsjoy, happiness, delight, glee, mirth
living it uppenny-pinching
Extreme reluctance to spend
pinching pennies · tightening one's belt · cutting corners · counting every penny · doing without
living it upsuffering
Sustained experience of distress
struggling · roughing it · scraping along · down on one's luck · languishing
living it upself-denial
Restraining one's own desires
asceticism · abstaining · holding back · spartan living · fasting
live, living, lived, lives, liver, lively, livelihood, alive, outlive