bed of roses
A pleasant or easy situationA pleasant or easy situation; an untroubled existence.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
Examples
8 sentencesLife is not a bed of roses.
ruЖизнь прожить - не поле перейти. — marafon
Tom's life isn't a bed of roses.
ruЖизнь у Тома не сахар. — marafon
Life is no bed of roses.
ruЖизнь прожить - не поле перейти. — marafon
deDas Leben ist kein Zuckerschlecken. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Meaning
1 senses(idiomatic)A pleasant or easy situation; an untroubled existence.
It's a straightforward job, but it's no bed of roses, with such long hours.
Zuckerschlecken
- a flower bed in which roses are growing
Origin
From Christopher Marlowe's poem The Passionate Shepherd to His Love (1599).From Christopher Marlowe's poem The Passionate Shepherd to His Love (1599).
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Forms
plural: beds of roses| Singular | bed of roses |
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irregular
Synonyms
14 synonyms- a flower bed in which roses are growing:rose bed
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.