set for life
set for life — phrasal verb
- sets for life3rd person singular
- setting for life-ing form
- set for lifepast simple
1. to have made or been given enough money so that working for income is no longer
to have made or been given enough money so that working for income is no longer a necessity
After selling his restaurant chain, Noa was set for life and retired at forty.
predicative: be set for life
The inheritance from her grandmother left Tanvi set for life before she turned thirty.
causative: leave [person] set for life
Hao invested his startup earnings wisely and felt set for life by age thirty-five.
Isabela's investment portfolio was large enough that her whole family was set for life.
The author's book royalties made him set for life, so he started a charity.
- financially independent
more formal; describes the same state without the idiomatic flavour
- comfortable
softer and less precise; can mean merely well-off rather than work-free
- made for life
British variant; roughly the same meaning
- broke
opposite end of the financial spectrum; informal
- living paycheck to paycheck
describes someone who needs to keep working to survive
用法筆記
Often used after the verbs 'be', 'feel', or 'leave'. The phrase usually implies a permanent state of financial independence rather than a temporary windfall.