Idiom
stop and smell the roses
Meaning
To relax; to take time out of one's busy schedule to enjoy or appreciate the beauty of life.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“You work too hard — stop and smell the roses.”
“She took early retirement so she could finally stop and smell the roses with her grandchildren.”
“Caught in the relentless pursuit of success, he forgot to stop and smell the roses until illness forced him to slow down.”
Examples
simple
“You work too hard — stop and smell the roses.”
contextual
“She took early retirement so she could finally stop and smell the roses with her grandchildren.”
complex
“Caught in the relentless pursuit of success, he forgot to stop and smell the roses until illness forced him to slow down.”
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