a bed of roses
an easy life, a pleasant place to work or stay Who said that retirement is a bed of roses? | ||||
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A bed of roses
Meaning
A pleasant or easy situation.
Origin
From Christopher Marlowe's The Passionate Shepherd To His Love.
Come live with me and be my love,
And we will all the pleasures prove
That valleys, groves, hills, and fields,
Woods, or steepy mountain yields.
And we will sit upon the rocks,
Seeing the shphers feed their flocks,
By shallow rivers to whose falls
Melodious birds sing madrigals.
And I will make thee beds of roses
And a thousand fragrant posies,
A cap of flowers, and a kirtle
Embroidered all with leaves and myrtle;
A gown made of the finest wool
Which from our pretty lambs we pull;
Fair lines slippers for the cold,
Fair lines slippers for the cold,
With buckles of the purest gold;
A belt of straw and ivy buds,
With coral clasps and amber studs:
And if these pleasures may thee move,
Come live with me, and be my love.
The shepherds' swains shall dance and sing
For thy delight each May morning:
If these delights thy mind may move,
Then live with me and be my love.
Meaning
A pleasant or easy situation.
Origin
From Christopher Marlowe's The Passionate Shepherd To His Love.
Come live with me and be my love,
And we will all the pleasures prove
That valleys, groves, hills, and fields,
Woods, or steepy mountain yields.
And we will sit upon the rocks,
Seeing the shphers feed their flocks,
By shallow rivers to whose falls
Melodious birds sing madrigals.
And I will make thee beds of roses
And a thousand fragrant posies,
A cap of flowers, and a kirtle
Embroidered all with leaves and myrtle;
A gown made of the finest wool
Which from our pretty lambs we pull;
Fair lines slippers for the cold,
Fair lines slippers for the cold,
With buckles of the purest gold;
A belt of straw and ivy buds,
With coral clasps and amber studs:
And if these pleasures may thee move,
Come live with me, and be my love.
The shepherds' swains shall dance and sing
For thy delight each May morning:
If these delights thy mind may move,
Then live with me and be my love.
| English Idioms WM 1.3a |
a bed of roses
an easy life, a pleasant place to work or stay
Who said that retirement is a bed of roses?
an easy life, a pleasant place to work or stay
Who said that retirement is a bed of roses?