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  What it means

  Literally “life like in Madrid.” Used to describe a very comfortable, easy, or luxurious life. “Living the high life.”

  Vocabulary

  • Madryt — Madrid

  Grammar note

  Rhyming idiom.

  Cultural context

  Madrid was historically seen by Poles as a distant, sunny, and wealthy paradise.

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