bed of roses
Life without thorns
A bed of roses is a situation of ease and comfort, almost always used in the negative: Life isn't a bed of roses.
The phrase evokes luxury—lying on soft petals—but typically appears to remind someone that hardship is inevitable or that a situation is more difficult than it appears.
Ideal, blissful place
- utopiaImagined perfect society
- nirvanaRelease from cyclical existence
- Shangri-LaFictional Himalayan utopia
- EdenScriptural original paradise
Elysium · Arcadia · dreamworld · fantasy · Xanadu · Neverland · perfection · idyllic
Ease or soothing relief
- luxuryExpensive nonessential comfort
- leisureFree time for relaxation
- pamperingLavish attentive care
- indulgenceYielding to desire
cushioned · pampered · privileged · sheltered · coddled · spoiled · effortless · smooth
Intense fond attachment
- courtshipSeeking another's romantic favor
- passionIntense emotional drive
- intimacyEmotional closeness between people
- affectionWarm emotional attachment
sweetheart · wooing · enchantment · infatuation · desire · embrace · tenderness · devotion
paradise
Ideal, blissful place
- utopiaImagined perfect society
- nirvanaRelease from cyclical existence
- Shangri-LaFictional Himalayan utopia
Eden · Elysium · Arcadia · dreamworld · fantasy · Xanadu · Neverland · perfection · idyllic · halcyon
comfort
Ease or soothing relief
indulgence · cushioned · pampered · privileged · sheltered · coddled · spoiled · effortless · smooth · untroubled
love
Intense fond attachment
- courtshipSeeking another's romantic favor
- passionIntense emotional drive
- intimacyEmotional closeness between people
affection · sweetheart · wooing · enchantment · infatuation · desire · embrace · tenderness · devotion · adoration
- Garden Sayingsmake hay, plant seeds, nip in the bud, harvest time, till the soil
- Easy Thingseasy, simple, easy peasy, easy-peasy, easy as pie
- Weather Idiomsunder the weather, when it rains it pours, come rain or shine, rain check, take a rain check
- joy expressionsjoy, happiness, delight, glee, mirth
- metaphorsbroken heart, dead metaphor, mixed metaphor, time is money, extended metaphor
bed of rosesbed of nails
Plank studded with points
hardship · living hell · nightmare · misery · struggle
bed, rose, bedding, beds, roses, bedded, rose-colored, rosebush, roseate