happily ever after

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happily-ever-after (especially the noun)

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Noun

happily ever after (plural happily ever afters)

(idiomatic) A period of time, imagined never to end, in which (typically) a loving couple live untroubled, happy lives together.
Synonym: fairy-tale ending
- 2020 October 13, Beatrice Loayza, “Jack London gets an Italian makeover in the tragic and romantic Martin Eden”, in AV Club:
  The couple’s romance, captured with intimate closeups and accompanied by a jaunty Europop soundtrack, is rapturous. But Martin’s increasingly provocative ideas throw a wrench in Elena’s dreams of a happily-ever-after.
- 2020 November 6, Kyle Thomas, “Your Cosmic Love Triangle, by Zodiac Sign”, in Cosmopolitan‎:
  As a water sign, Cancers are deeply sensitive. They long to give and receive love, and they frequently find themselves always fantasizing about their “happily-ever-after.”
A story with such a happy ending, such as a romance novel or fairy tale.

Adverb

happily ever after

(idiomatic, often preceded by "they lived") Happily until death; used in a formulaic ending for fairy tales.
And they lived happily ever after.

Translations

happily until death

Arabic: وَعَاشُوا عِيشَة سَعِيدَة (waʕāšū ʕīša(t) saʕīda)
Bengali: এবং তারা পরে সুখে বসবাস করে (eboṅ tara pore śukhe bosbaś kore)
Catalan: i van viure feliços i van menjar anissos
Chinese:
Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 从此，他们过着幸福快乐的日子, ^{(please verify)} 從此，他們過著幸福快樂的日子／从此，他们过著幸福快乐的日子
Czech: a žili šťastně až do smrti
Danish: og de levede lykkeligt til deres dages ende
Dutch: en ze leefden nog lang en gelukkig
Estonian: ja kui nad surnud pole, siis elavad nad õnnelikult tänase päevani
Finnish: onnellisena elämänsä loppuun asti sg, onnellisina elämänsä loppuun asti pl
French: ils vécurent heureux et eurent beaucoup d’enfants (fr)
German: (semantically equivalent) und sie lebten glücklich bis ans Ende ihrer Tage, (commoner in practice) und wenn sie nicht gestorben sind, dann leben sie noch heute
Goemai: ^{(please verify)} tamtis noe lat/ dok ba muaan yi wa
Greek: κι έζησαν αυτοί καλά κι εμείς καλύτερα (el) (ki ézisan aftoí kalá ki emeís kalýtera)
Gujarati: અને તેઓ બધા પછી સુખી રહેતા હતા (ane teo badhā pachī sukhī rahetā hatā)
Hebrew: בְּאוֹשֶׁר וָעוֹשֶׁר עַד עֶצֶם הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה (beósher va'ósher 'ad 'étzem hayóm hazé)
Hindi: उसके बाद वे ख़ुशी ख़ुशी रहने लगे (uske bād ve xuśī xuśī rahne lage)
Hungarian: és boldogan éltek, míg meg nem haltak (hu)
Icelandic: og þau lifðu vel og lengi, Og þau lifðu hamingjusöm til æviloka
Iraqw: ^{(please verify)} aa fák; ^{(please verify)} a-n ti'itá-r akóo doo-rén na alki'íit
Irish: agus bhí siad go léir ina gcónaí go sona sásta riamh
Italian: e vissero per sempre felici e contenti
Japanese: めでたしめでたし (ja) (medetashi medetashi)
Korean: 그들은 행복하게 오래 오래 살았답니다 (geudeureun haengbokhage orae orae saratdamnida)
Latvian: un viņi dzīvoja ilgi un laimīgi
Lithuanian: ir jie gyveno ilgai ir laimingai
Norwegian: og så levde de lykkelig alle sine dager, og er de ikke døde, så lever de ennå
Polish: i żyli długo i szczęśliwie
Portuguese: feliz/felizes para sempre
Russian: и жили они́ до́лго и счастливо (i žili oní dólgo i sčastlivo)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: и живјели су дуго и сретно, и живели су срећно до краја живота

Roman: i živjeli su dugo i sretno, i živeli su srećno do kraja života
Slovene: in živeli so srečno do konca svojih dni
Spanish: Y vivieron felices y comieron perdices, Y colorín colorado, este cuento se ha acabado, Y vivieron felices por siempre jamás, Y vivieron felices el resto de sus días
Swedish: och så levde de lyckliga i alla sina dagar
Tamil: அவர்கள் மகிழ்ச்சியுடன் வாழ்ந்தார்கள் (avarkaḷ makiḻcciyuṭaṉ vāḻntārkaḷ)
Turkish: ve hayatlarının sonuna kadar mutlu yaşadılar, ve sonsuza kadar mutlu yaşadılar
Urdu: اس کے بعد وہ خوشی خوشی رہنے لگے (us ke bād ve xuśī xuśī rahne lage)
Welsh: ac roeddent i gyd yn byw'n hapus byth wedyn

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