made for life

adjective

Having enough wealth to live the rest of one's life without any further income.

Meanings

adjectivemade for life (not comparable)
  1. idiomaticnot comparableHaving enough wealth to live the rest of one's life without any further income.

    Made for life — made for life — made for life! I shall be rich – rich – rich! I always knew I should be one day; I was always certain that a bit of good luck would fall to my share.

    1885, Frank Leslie's Sunday Magazine, volume 17, page 294
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