bowl of cherries
An enjoyable experience.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“Life is not always a bowl of cherries.”
“Running a small business is hard work, and it is certainly not a bowl of cherries.”
“While he had expected his new life abroad to be a bowl of cherries, he soon found that every country presents its own unique set of challenges.”
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bite of the cherry
A chance; an attempt at something, especially something that can or should only be done once.
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bowl a googly
to surprise (someone); to introduce (to someone) something unexpected, underhand or requiring a quick reaction or correction.
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bowl over
To overwhelm; to cause to fall to the ground.
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bowl up
To pack the bowl of a pipe with smokable material.
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cherry on top
Synonym of icing on the cake (“a thing which intensifies the appreciation of something already good, or (ironic) the regretting of something already bad”).
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pop someone's cherry
To take the virginity of someone.
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pop the cherry
To break the hymen.
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slop bowl
One of the four components of the traditional tea set. Tea drinkers emptied their unwanted, cold tea into the slop bowl before refilling their cups with fresh, hot tea.
Last updated August 10, 2026