sunshine and rainbows

Cheerful idealistic fantasy

Sunshine and rainbows is a rather sarcastic way to characterize something that is actually disappointing or unpleasant as great and wonderful.

Related

utopia · fairy tale ending · pie in the sky · sunlight · brightness · joyful · daylight · beaming · warmth · solar · luminosity · cheerfulness · dreams · happy place · cloud nine · blue skies · glow · clouds

Opposites
emotional tone/outlook

sunshine and rainbowsdoom and gloom

Persistent negative outlook

gloom and doom · fire and brimstone · misery · hellscape · nightmare

realism vs. idealism

sunshine and rainbowsharsh reality

Uncomfortable actual circumstances

reality · real world · grim reality · real life · hard truths

emotional outlook

sunshine and rainbowsdoom and gloom

Persistent negative outlook

gloom and doom · blood and guts · fire and brimstone · trials and tribulations · pain and suffering

Family

sunshine, rainbows, shine, sunned, sunning, shines, shined, shining, shininess

Familiarity
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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G