how the other half lives

Noun

Meaning

how the other half lives (uncountable)

The comfortable, luxurious lifestyles of those who are very wealthy.

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Examples

Half the world does not know how the other half lives. François Rabelais

Like many people, I was an ardent admirer of Theodore Roosevelt. ...He had recommended to the people Jacob Riis's book How the Other Half Lives. I had read it, and Theodore Roosevelt's inaugural address of 1905, and had straightaway felt that the pursuit of social justice would be my vocation. Frances Perkins

One half of the world does not know how the other half lives. German Proverb

Close letter words and terms

how the fuck how the land lies how the mighty have fallen how the sausage gets made how the turntables how the wind is blowing