Wu Ting
What's the meaning of "Living the fucking dream"? Before Serling let her go, he shoved her and her head hit the wall behind the bar and made a loud thump. The plaster cracked a little, and she started to run around the bar, but he caught her by her arm. He squeezed her elbow, forcing her arm straight. “Get back over there.” She was crying softly to herself now and the red marks along her cheeks looked like a sad, painted-on clown smile and her mascara ran in black streaks below her eyes. He sat down next to me and slapped me on the back and grabbed me by the scruff of the neck. “Living the fucking dream, Private,” he bellowed. What's the meaning of "Living the fucking dream"? PS: they were in a bar. Thanks!
Mar 6, 2013 7:54 AM
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"Living the dream" is an idiom that means "doing what I've always wanted". Maybe living the dream is being able to surf all day long, or live in the mountains, or simply get a nice, high-paying job. Adding the expletive there adds emphasis and makes the man appear crude and violent. Which, judging from the fact that he's beating a woman up, is exactly what he is.
March 6, 2013
Please be careful of the language you post on these boards.
March 6, 2013
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