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rose garden

idiom
Meaning

A highly desirable situation.


Examples
SIMPLE

His new job is a rose garden.

CONTEXTUAL

After years of struggle, she finally found herself in a rose garden with a stable income and good friends.

COMPLEX

The diplomat spoke of his posting as a rose garden, though those who had served there knew the thorns that lay hidden beneath the blooms.

Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    bloom is off the rose

    The person, object, or situation identified in the context has lost its novelty, freshness, appeal, or acceptability.

  2. 02

    common or garden variety

    An ordinary, standard kind.

  3. 03

    everything in the garden is rosy

    Things are going well; everything is fine.

  4. 04

    garden variety

    Ordinary, common, or unexceptional.

  5. 05

    lady garden

    A woman's pubic hair, and the area around it.

  6. 06

    lead someone up the garden path

    To deceive, hoodwink, mislead, or seduce someone.

  7. 07

    make garden

    To plant or maintain a garden, especially a vegetable garden.

  8. 08

    skunk at a garden party

    Within a group, someone who is unwelcome and actively avoided.

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