rosé Idiom, Proverb
a bed of roses
coming up roses
life is not all guns and roses
look at (see) the world through rose-colored glass
look at the world through rose-colored glasses
no bed of roses
see the world (things) through rose-colored glasse
take time to smell the roses
come up smelling like roses
Idiom(s): come up smelling like rosesTheme: SUCCESS
to end up looking good or respectable after being involved in some difficult or notorious affair.
• It was a nasty political campaign, but both candidates came up smelling like roses.
• I was not surprised that my congressional representative came up smelling like roses after his colleagues investigated him.
bed of roses
Idiom(s): bed of rosesTheme: EASY
a situation or way of life that is always happy and comfortable.
• Living with Pat can't be a bed of roses, but her husband is always smiling.
• Being the boss isn't exactly a bed of roses. There are so many problems to take care of.
Come up roses
If things come up roses, they produce a positive result, especially when things seemed to be going badly at first.Come up smelling of roses
(UK) If someone comes up smelling of roses, they emerge from a situation with their reputation undamaged.Never a rose without the prick
This means that good things always have something bad as well; like the thorns on the stem of a rose.Primrose path
The primrose path is an easy and pleasurable lifestyle, but one that ends in unpleasantness and problems.Rose-colored glasses
If people see things through rose-colored (coloured) glasses, they see them in a more positive light than they really are.Rose-tinted glasses
If people see things through rose-tinted glasses, they see them in a more positive light than they really are.There is no rose without a thorn.
Unalloyed happiness is impossible, because joy and sorrow go together.A rose with any other name would smell as sweet.
What a thing is called is unimportant compared to what it really is.bed of roses|bed|bowl|bowl of cherries|cherry|rose
n. phr. A pleasant easy place, job, or position; an easy life. A coal miner's job is not a bed of roses. After nine months of school, summer camp seemed a bowl of cherries.Compare: IN CLOVER, LIFE OF RILEY.
come up smelling like a rose|come|rose|smell|smell
v. phr. To escape from a difficult situation or misdeed unscathed or without punishment. A is predicted that Congressman Brown, in spite of the current investigation into his financial affairs, will come up smelling like a rose at the end.look through rose-colored glasses
look through rose-colored glassessee see through rose-colored glasses.
rose
rosesee bed of roses; come up roses; see through rose-colored glasses.
rose-colored
rose-coloredthrough rose-colored glasses
with optimism, esp. undue optimism
see through rose-colored glasses
see through rose-colored glassesAlso, look through rose-colored glasses. Take an optimistic view of something, as in Kate enjoys just about every activity; she sees the world through rose-colored glasses, or If only Marvin wouldn't be so critical, if he could look through rose-colored glasses once in a while, he'd be much happier. The adjectives rosy and rose-colored have been used in the sense of “hopeful” or “optimistic” since the 1700s; the current idiom dates from the 1850s.
through rose-colored glasses
through rose-colored glassessee see through rose-colored glasses.
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