vivre d'amour et d'eau fraiche
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vivre d'amour et d'eau fraiche
- To live a carefree life. (Literally: live on love and water alone). The expression emphasizes the unsustainability of the lifestyle. It is often used in the negative to chide children, as below.
- On ne peut pas vivre d’amour et d’eau fraiche.
- You can't live off love and water alone. The implication is that you need to work to earn a living.
- Sommes-nous revenus au temps où l'artiste était tenu de vivre d'amour et d'eau fraîche ? A l'évidence oui !
- Have we returned to the times in which an artist had to live off love and water alone? Apparently so!
