"time of one's life" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-time of one's life.ogg [Australia] Forms: times of one's life [plural], times of their lives [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|times of one's life|times of their lives}} time of one's life (plural times of one's life or times of their lives)
  1. (idiomatic) A period of enjoying oneself immensely, or more than ever before. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: have a whale of a time Related terms: time of life Translations: ragyogóan/remekül szórakozik/mulat/érzi magát (Hungarian), borzasztó(an) jól szórakozik/mulat (Hungarian), (még) soha jobban nem szórakozott (Hungarian), (még) soha ilyen jól nem érezte magát (Hungarian), még az életben nem érezte ilyen jól magát (soha) (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-time_of_one's_life-en-noun-noubx~Y1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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