Idiom
rainbows and unicorns
Meaning
A wonderful (but often unrealistic) scenario.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Life is not always rainbows and unicorns.”
“You might think starting a new business is all rainbows and unicorns, but it requires a lot of hard work.”
“The candidate promised a future of rainbows and unicorns, yet he failed to provide any practical solutions for the country's economic struggles.”
Examples
simple
“Life is not always rainbows and unicorns.”
contextual
“You might think starting a new business is all rainbows and unicorns, but it requires a lot of hard work.”
complex
“The candidate promised a future of rainbows and unicorns, yet he failed to provide any practical solutions for the country's economic struggles.”
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