rose garden
A highly desirable situation.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“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.”
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bed of roses
A pleasant or easy situation; an untroubled existence.
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bloom is off the rose
The person, object, or situation identified in the context has lost its novelty, freshness, appeal, or acceptability.
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come up roses
To enter into a condition or situation which is favorable; to develop in a pleasing or advantageous manner.
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common or garden variety
An ordinary, standard kind.
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everything in the garden is rosy
Things are going well; everything is fine.
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garden variety
Ordinary, common, or unexceptional.
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lady garden
A woman's pubic hair, and the area around it.
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lead someone up the garden path
To deceive, hoodwink, mislead, or seduce someone.
Last updated August 10, 2026