Meaning of “I Bear A Charmed Life” Origin of Phrase with examples.

I Bear A Charmed Life

Meaning

A life of guaranteed good fortune or invulnerability, by virtue of a charm or spell.

Origin

From Shakespeare’s Macbeth, 1605.

MACBETH

Thou losest labour:

As easy mayst thou the intrenchant air

With thy keen sword impress as make me bleed:

Let fall thy blade on vulnerable crests;

I bear a charmed life, which must not yield, To one

of woman born.

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