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live one

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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. W. C. Fields

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. Edward Abbey

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. Mariah Carey

Better to live one year as a tiger, than a hundred as sheep. Madonna (entertainer)

No man is so old as to think he can't live one more year. Cicero

If a dead tree falls, it carries with it a live one. Kenyan Proverb

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