The phrase "live under the impression" is correct and can be used in written English.
You can use it to describe when someone believes something to be true without having evidence to back it up. For example: "Many people live under the impression that all celebrities are wealthy, when in reality, that is not the case."
Also, they seem to still live under the impression that women in the West wear couture on a daily basis.
In these three works of science fiction, the main characters live under the impression that figuring out how to survive in a cruel, merciless society is enough.
We live under the impression that the majority of us never slip a bad word in front of our children nor have arguments with our spouse or significant other in front of them either.
Because Wolf's hormones and executive thinking are delayed, his social skills immature, his body still childish, clumsy, disorientated, and limp, and his disposition passive and receptive, we all live under the impression that his being is an open topic of discussion.
Because Wolf's hormones and executive thinking are delayed, his social skills immature, his body still childish, clumsy, disoriented, and limp, and his disposition passive and receptive, we all live under the impression that his being is an open topic of discussion.
"We have been living under the impression there are no alternatives to the man or his son, or the Muslim Brotherhood," said Sherif Massoud, 42, a banker from Cairo.
The time when people lived under the impression that they could avoid being political is gone, people now are aware that politics are in all aspects of our everyday life and that we can't remain indifferent.
Mr. Bolton lets the romance drag on because he probably doesn't want to overwhelm viewers, which means he lives under the misguided impression that no one has figured out his game plan, including the reason -- gasp! -- that Eban left Seattle.
We live under the gun now.
AT this moment, all over the United States, consumers are buying tickets to games, concerts and other live events under the impression that they have the right to give away, donate or resell the tickets they purchase.
But perhaps the most inescapable impression left by islanders is their continued distrust of Argentina and dread of ever living under the Argentine flag again.
