What does living vicariously mean

Usually implies that these are things that you would like to do, but lack the time, opportunity, courage, motivation, etc. Highly-rated answerer. Since her son was a piano prodigy, she lived vicariously through him. To live vicariously through someone means to enjoy someone else's life, as if it was yours.

It means to take someone else's life experiences as your own. Like you have nothing exciting in your own life. I always thought it was to force someone to live a life you want but can't have.

The interpretations above work too. To live through someone else. For example when a dad forces his son to play sports so he can experience it for himself. He wants to experience life through his son even if it isn't what his son wants. The phrase is generally used negatively. Only the user who asked this question will see who disagreed with this answer.

Read more comments. Living through someone else's experiences. So if I've always wanted to go to Spain and my sister goes, and I look at all the pictures she takes and talk to her about all the places she went, you can say that I'm "living vicariously through my sister".

Seeing someone do something and enjoying it like you did it. Could you please give me more example sentences. The one learning a language!

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