happily ever after (plural happily ever afters )
( idiomatic ) A period of time, imagined never to end, in which (typically) a loving couple live untroubled, happy lives together.
Synonym: fairy-tale ending
2020 October 13, Beatrice Loayza, “Jack London gets an Italian makeover in the tragic and romantic Martin Eden ”, in AV Club :The couple’s romance, captured with intimate closeups and accompanied by a jaunty Europop soundtrack, is rapturous. But Martin’s increasingly provocative ideas throw a wrench in Elena’s dreams of a happily-ever-after .
2020 November 6, Kyle Thomas, “Your Cosmic Love Triangle, by Zodiac Sign”, in Cosmopolitan [1] :As a water sign, Cancers are deeply sensitive. They long to give and receive love, and they frequently find themselves always fantasizing about their “happily-ever-after .”
A story with such a happy ending, such as a romance novel or fairy tale .
happily ever after
( idiomatic , often preceded by "they lived") Happily until death ; used in a formulaic ending for fairy tales .
And they lived happily ever after .
happily until death
Arabic: وَعَاشُوا عِيشَة سَعِيدَة ( waʕāšū ʕīša(t) saʕīda )
Bengali: এবং তারা পরে সুখে বসবাস করে ( eboṅ tara pore śukhe bosbaś kore )
Catalan: i van viure feliços i van menjar anissos
Chinese:
Mandarin: (please verify ) 从此,他们过着幸福快乐的日子 , (please verify ) 從此,他們過著幸福快樂的日子 / 从此,他们过著幸福快乐的日子
Czech: a žili šťastně až do smrti
Danish: og de levede lykkeligt til deres dages ende
Dutch: en ze leefden nog lang en gelukkig
Estonian: ja kui nad surnud pole, siis elavad nad õnnelikult tänase päevani
Finnish: onnellisena elämänsä loppuun asti sg , onnellisina elämänsä loppuun asti pl
French: ils vécurent heureux et eurent beaucoup d’enfants (fr)
German: ( semantically equivalent ) und sie lebten glücklich bis ans Ende ihrer Tage , ( commoner in practice ) und wenn sie nicht gestorben sind, dann leben sie noch heute
Goemai: (please verify ) tamtis noe lat/ dok ba muaan yi wa
Greek: κι έζησαν αυτοί καλά κι εμείς καλύτερα (el) ( ki ézisan aftoí kalá ki emeís kalýtera )
Gujarati: અને તેઓ બધા પછી સુખી રહેતા હતા ( ane teo badhā pachī sukhī rahetā hatā )
Hebrew: בְּאוֹשֶׁר וָעוֹשֶׁר עַד עֶצֶם הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה ( beósher va'ósher 'ad 'étzem hayóm hazé )
Hindi: उसके बाद वे ख़ुशी ख़ुशी रहने लगे ( uske bād ve xuśī xuśī rahne lage )
Hungarian: és boldogan éltek, míg meg nem haltak (hu)
Icelandic: og þau lifðu vel og lengi , Og þau lifðu hamingjusöm til æviloka
Iraqw: (please verify ) aa fák ; (please verify ) a-n ti'itá-r akóo doo-rén na alki'íit
Irish: agus bhí siad go léir ina gcónaí go sona sásta riamh
Italian: e vissero per sempre felici e contenti
Japanese: めでたしめでたし (ja) ( medetashi medetashi )
Korean: 그들은 행복하게 오래 오래 살았답니다 ( geudeureun haengbokhage orae orae saratdamnida )
Latvian: un viņi dzīvoja ilgi un laimīgi
Lithuanian: ir jie gyveno ilgai ir laimingai
Norwegian: og så levde de lykkelig alle sine dager , og er de ikke døde, så lever de ennå
Polish: i żyli długo i szczęśliwie
Portuguese: feliz /felizes para sempre
Russian: и жили они́ до́лго и счастливо ( i žili oní dólgo i sčastlivo )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: и живјели су дуго и сретно , и живели су срећно до краја живота
Roman: i živjeli su dugo i sretno , i živeli su srećno do kraja života
Slovene: in živeli so srečno do konca svojih dni
Spanish: Y vivieron felices y comieron perdices , Y colorín colorado, este cuento se ha acabado , Y vivieron felices por siempre jamás , Y vivieron felices el resto de sus días
Swedish: och så levde de lyckliga i alla sina dagar
Tamil: அவர்கள் மகிழ்ச்சியுடன் வாழ்ந்தார்கள் ( avarkaḷ makiḻcciyuṭaṉ vāḻntārkaḷ )
Turkish: ve hayatlarının sonuna kadar mutlu yaşadılar , ve sonsuza kadar mutlu yaşadılar
Urdu: اس کے بعد وہ خوشی خوشی رہنے لگے ( us ke bād ve xuśī xuśī rahne lage )
Welsh: ac roeddent i gyd yn byw'n hapus byth wedyn