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Idiom

rose garden

Meaning

A highly desirable situation.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“His new job is a rose garden.”

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

“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.”

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.”

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