Live and let live

1. We should live the life we choose and allow others to do the same.

Idioms and Phrases

Show tolerance for those different from yourself. For example, I'm not going to tell my sister what to do—live and let live, I say. [First half of 1600s]

Example Sentences

“Caw! Hoo! Ruff! The little one—Beowulf, is it?—sketched maps of the forest that showed nooks and crannies Ashton himself had never heard of. Strange fellow, that Ashton. An odd duck. But he’ll be my son-in-law if all goes well, so live and let live, I say.”

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She said people should "live and let live" and look after each other.

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When big cities were mentioned at all, Aldean adopted the “live and let live” attitude of forebears like Hank Williams Jr.’s “A Country Boy Can Survive.”

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And that’s when I get really upset, like we really need to do a lot of education on anthropomorphizing, on just live and let live, and step back.

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“I’m all about ‘live and let live,’” she said.

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