Maybe the chat would be used more if the link was present on the main site. Personally I spent a lot of time to find how to get here. Looks like the easiest way is open Meta and click on "N people chatting" link. But the Meta itself is quite abandoned.
@CocoPop About "deleting the question completely". The question is almost fine.
In fact the question was OK, but request for English idiom is hard to fulfill. Most people that answer questions here know Russian, but I think that there are a few people that have a deep knowledge of both English and Russian. I think the general meaning of "Жить можно" can be explained without deep knowledge of English.
@CocoPop In fact the Russian Language is not about English. Just imagine a question "What is the meaning of 'Raining cats and dogs'? What is idiomatic equivalent in Russian?". I quess it would be closed there for obvious reasons.
@Artemix: I'm sorry I don't agree. In a forum populated by English-speakers and Russian-speakers, it would be the perfect place to ask that question. For example, in my question about "Мели, Емеля" you gave me the English equivalent: "Yeah, right, keep talking." That was exactly what I was looking for. I don't know if you have a "deep understanding" of English - all I care about is that you knew the answer.
In this case, I never asked for a definition. I asked two things: does anyone know the colloquial English equivalent OR can someone explain the situation in which this expression is used. I think "someone" was having a bad day, or was playing God, or both.
