stop to smell the roses

stop to smell the roses

To take time to appreciate the finer or more enjoyable aspects of life, especially when one has become overworked or overly stressed. You can't keep working these 80 hour workweeks, John! You have to stop to smell the roses, or else what is all that work even for?
See also: rose, smell, stop
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • stop and smell the roses
  • stop and smell the coffee
  • smell the roses
  • burnt out
  • meat and drink to (one)
  • meat and drink to one
  • meat and drink to someone
  • FOMO
  • fear of missing out
  • good trip