live one
Noun
Meaning
(informal, idiomatic) Someone who is easily fooled, victimized, or ridiculed.
(informal, idiomatic) Someone who is eccentric, nonconformist, or otherwise peculiar.
(informal, idiomatic) A person, thing, or situation which is particularly interesting, noteworthy, or urgent.
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Remember, a dead fish can float downstream, but it takes a live one to swim upstream.
Whenever I see a photograph of some sportsman grinning over his kill, I am always impressed by the striking moral and esthetic superiority of the dead animal to the live one.
I can make it through the rain, I can stand up once again, on my own, and I know, that I'm strong enough to mend, and every time I feel afraid I hold tighter to my faith, and I live one more day and I make it through the rain.
Better to live one year as a tiger, than a hundred as sheep.
No man is so old as to think he can't live one more year.
If a dead tree falls, it carries with it a live one.