rose

bed of roses: seebed.

the bloom is off the rose: seebloom.

come up roses (of a situation) develop in a very favourable way. informal

come up smelling of roses: seesmelling.

everything's (or it's all) roses everything is going well. informal

(there is) no rose without a thorn every apparently desirable situation has its share of trouble or difficulty.

☞ This expression has been proverbial since the mid 15th century. The earliest recorded instance is in a work by John Lydgate (1430–40): 'There is no rose…in garden, but there be sum thorne'.

moonlight and roses: seemoonlight.

not all roses not entirely perfect or agreeable. informal

1938Graham GreeneBrighton Rock Sometimes he's bad to me…it's not all roses.

pluck a rose: seepluck.

roses, roses, all the way very successful or pleasant.

☞ This expression is taken from the first line of Robert Browning's poem 'The Patriot' (1855), where it describes the throwing of roses at a popular hero as he passed through the streets.

1977World of Cricket Monthly Although Australia lost the Ashes, it was roses, roses, all the way for him.

smell the roses: seesmell.

under the rose in confidence; under pledge of secrecy. archaic

☞ The origin of the rose as an emblem of secrecy is uncertain; the concept may have originated in Germany and there was a similar expression in early modern Dutch. Under the rosse appears in a 1546 State Paper of Henry VIII, with a gloss that suggests that it was then a new or unfamiliar expression. The Latin equivalent sub rosa has also been very commonly used in English since the mid 17th century in this metaphorical sense.

词组	rose
释义	rose bed of roses: seebed. the bloom is off the rose: seebloom. come up roses (of a situation) develop in a very favourable way. informal come up smelling of roses: seesmelling. everything's (or it's all) roses everything is going well. informal (there is) no rose without a thorn every apparently desirable situation has its share of trouble or difficulty. ☞ This expression has been proverbial since the mid 15th century. The earliest recorded instance is in a work by John Lydgate (1430–40): 'There is no rose…in garden, but there be sum thorne'. moonlight and roses: seemoonlight. not all roses not entirely perfect or agreeable. informal 1938Graham GreeneBrighton Rock Sometimes he's bad to me…it's not all roses. pluck a rose: seepluck. roses, roses, all the way very successful or pleasant. ☞ This expression is taken from the first line of Robert Browning's poem 'The Patriot' (1855), where it describes the throwing of roses at a popular hero as he passed through the streets. 1977World of Cricket Monthly Although Australia lost the Ashes, it was roses, roses, all the way for him. smell the roses: seesmell. under the rose in confidence; under pledge of secrecy. archaic ☞ The origin of the rose as an emblem of secrecy is uncertain; the concept may have originated in Germany and there was a similar expression in early modern Dutch. Under the rosse appears in a 1546 State Paper of Henry VIII, with a gloss that suggests that it was then a new or unfamiliar expression. The Latin equivalent sub rosa has also been very commonly used in English since the mid 17th century in this metaphorical sense.
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