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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
double life
noun
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▪ In Paris, the quintessential city of freedom and discretion, he could lead a double life.
▪ It was very much a sort of double life.
▪ She wondered how Beatrix had reacted to its revelation of the double life Maurice was leading.
▪ They lead a double life, on the surface passive, even servile, but inside they suffer.
▪ Who would have thought that he was leading a double life?
Wiktionary
double life

n. A life in which one has an alter ego.

Wikipedia
Double Life (album)

Double Life is a 2-CD compilation album of songs by Värttinä. It includes the entire 6.12 live album, and songs from studio albums Seleniko, Aitara and Ilmatar. It was released in 2002 and is only available in Taiwan.

Double Life

Double Life may refer to:

  • Double Life (album), a 2002 album by Värttinä
  • Double life, the life led by a person who has an alter ego
  • A Double Life (1924 film), a 1924 Czech film
  • A Double Life, a 1947 film noir
  • "Double Life" (PlayStation ad)
  • "Double Life", a song by Styx from Kilroy Was Here
  • "Double Life" (song), a 1979 song by The Cars from their album Candy-O
  • Double Life (Invisible Detective), the U.S. title of the first book in the Invisible Detective Series
Double Life (PlayStation ad)

Double Life is a television advertisement released in 1999 by SCE Europe. The 60-second long ad – conceived and written by copywriter James Sinclair, art director, Ed Morris and Trevor Beattie (creative director) – shows 19 PlayStation players discussing their gaming experience with the console. The ad was the most highly awarded in the world in 1999/2000 and has gone on to gain cult status.

Double Life (song)

"Double Life" is a single by the American rock band The Cars from their second album Candy-O.

Usage examples of "double life".

Rachel leads a double life: janitor's assistant by night, prisoner and teacher by day.

I at once concluded that Straker was leading a double life and keeping a second establishment.

I at once concluded that Straker was leading a double life, and keeping a second establishment.

Something deeper: they'd said of him, those who'd been his friends, that if he'd ever gone right over the edge he would have been a schizoid, that the strain of his critically balanced double life would have led him sliding into a world of phantasy.

The odor of the outfit was disgusting, but this man's double life had brought him so frequently in contact with all forms of uncleanness, including that of the Far East, compared with which the dirt of the West is hygienic, that he suffered it without complaint.