Happy-go-lucky - Longman Dictionary

English English English - Japanese English - Korean English - Spanish Japanese - English Spanish - English English English - Japanese English - Korean English - Spanish Japanese - English Spanish - English English 日本語 Español latino 한국어 happy-go-lucky From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishhappy-go-luckyˌhappy-go-ˈlucky adjective    WORRIEDenjoying life and not worrying about things SYN easy-going  a happy-go-lucky personExamples from the Corpushappy-go-lucky• Likewise, childlike behaviour can also be free, fun-loving, intuitive and happy-go-lucky.• I am sure I am only one of many who will sorely miss this happy-go-lucky golfer.• He was a big, happy-go-lucky jovial chap, ever smiling and pleasant.• He's fairly happy-go-lucky on the course, except when his putting goes wrong!• These immediate-return hunter-gatherers never suffer anxiety about the future of food supplies and are characterized by improvident, generous, happy-go-lucky personalities.• She recognised him as a kindred spirit, with the same happy-go-lucky, questing attitude to life which she herself possessed.• He found that he couldn't go out with the lads anymore, and he felt he'd lost his happy-go-lucky side.• Cousteau, barely in his twenties, was a happy-go-lucky youngster, always eager and willing and a more than competent seaman. Quizzes Quizzes

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