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Definition of Bed of roses
1. Noun. A flower bed in which roses are growing.
Generic synonyms: Bed Of Flowers, Flower Bed, Flowerbed
Group relationships: Rose Garden
Definition of Bed of roses
1. Noun. (&lit a bed of roses) ¹
2. Noun. (idiomatic) A pleasant or easy situation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bed Of Roses
Literary usage of Bed of roses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by John Beauchamp Jones (1866)
"He did not find his position a bed of roses. I believe he abandons the Confederate
States service altogether, and will attend to the collection of claims, ..."
2. Diary and correspondence of samuel pepys f.r.s.. by Samuel Pepys (1854)
"The Secretary to the Navy acquired additional credit in his new station; but it
did not prove a bed of roses, for he once more excited the envy and malice ..."
3. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1865)
"Dig a hole about five feet deep and four feet wide at the lower side of your
intended bed of roses ; in this hole place an inverted barrel, with the head ..."
4. The Spirit of the Public Journals: Being an Impartial Selection of the Most by Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott (1808)
"... acquainted with his temper, wished him to be buried in a crossroad ; but others
judged it most fit to bury the lody in oblivion ! dril 22. bed of roses. ..."
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