When someone can't sleep and is alone in their bedroom having thoughts of mixed horror film situations, and whenever trying to think of something happy; those thoughts are followed by horror movie situations where happy goes scary.
Robert woke up, took one look at his dark, shadowy room and imagining demons, and killers, unable to have happy thoughts. He was having a living nightmare.
by Anna=) November 7, 2009
The mantra of every salesperson alive, they promise the client unachievable results if they just sign on the line. Once the dream is sold, the operations team then needs to unravel the web of deceit sold and "recalibrate" the client's expectations (i.e., the nightmare).
Todd: " How did we lose our biggest client last week?"
Tyler: "It seems once they talked with Operations they realized there was no way they could make that deadline. Another classic example of 'sell the dream, live the nightmare."
Tyler: "It seems once they talked with Operations they realized there was no way they could make that deadline. Another classic example of 'sell the dream, live the nightmare."
by Grant Rampus July 31, 2016
Instead of saying living the dream, you can say/use the expression/phrase/saying, "living the nightmare" when your life is chaotic and hectic.
by LingDanc803 August 31, 2023