fantasy life

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Noun1.fantasy life - an imaginary life lived in a fantasy world
phantasy life
fantasy, phantasy - imagination unrestricted by reality; "a schoolgirl fantasy"
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Jane, 31, was a hit in the The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, playing a Lancashire girl who lives a fantasy life through movie stars.
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"He had a very rich fantasy life. Stanley told porkies but they were beautiful porkies."
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Crooked Tony Williams lived out a fantasy life as the Laird of Tomintoul in Banffshire by plundering a top-secret Scotland Yard fund used to fight organised crime.
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Crooked Metropolitan Police accountant Tony Williams lived a fantasy life as the Laird of Tomintoul in Banffshire, using the fortune he easily ripped off from the world's finest crimefighters.
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Sending him down, a judge described him as a "Walter Mitty character" - a reference to the eponymous character in the James Thurber novel who leads a fantasy life.
Fraudster's jet-set 'life' out of step with his reality; A fraudster, described as a 'Walter Mitty' character by a judge posted snaps on himself enjoying luxury trips he had fraudulently booked. Jason Evans looks at his high-end lifestyle
"He created a fantasy life to lure women and people with money.
FAKE FOOTIE AGENT & KID PORN PERV IS FOUND DEAD; SEX OFFENDER HAD BEEN RUN OUT OF HOME TOWN; Fantasist, 38, 'took his own life'
Jack says: "We liked the idea of someone who just leads the sort of fantasy life in the country you read about in the papers.
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During the court hearing, it emerged Blackwell was suffering from an mental disorder that led him to create a fantasy life as a successful sports star able to lavish gifts on himself and his teenage lover.
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The fantasy life of being transported to the luxury and fame of LA is exciting and might offer some level of escapism.
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Hard to think how we could live a lie every day, on our nerves, concealing our true identities while trying to remember the difference between our real lives and the make-believe, a fantasy life where one word out of place could blow our covers, end our careers and, possibly, lose our lives.
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Do we desire a fantasy life that we cannot seem to grasp in our own journey?
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