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1 life is not a bed of roses
посл.(life is not a bed of roses (тж. life is not all beer and skittles))в жизни не одни только радости (ср. жизнь прожить - не поле перейти) [выражение life is not all beer and skittles создано Т. Хьюзом; см. цитату]; см. тж. a bed of rosesLife isn't all beer and skittles. (Th. Hughes, ‘Tom Brown's Schooldays’, ch. II) — В жизни не одни только радости.
A parochial life is not a bed of roses, Mrs. Mann. (Ch. Dickens, ‘Oliver Twist’, ch. XVII) — В приходском приюте отнюдь не райское житье, миссис Мэн.
Married life is not all beer and skittles. (E. Waugh, ‘Decline and Fall’, part I, ch. XIII) — Семейная жизнь отнюдь не сплошное безоблачное счастье.
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2 a bed of roses
«лoжe из poз», путь, уcтлaнный poзaми, лёгкaя, cчacтливaя, бeзмятeжнaя жизнь (oбыкн. упoтp. в oтpицaтeльныx пpeдлoжeнияx) [выpaжeниe вocxoдит к oбычaю бoгaчeй в Дpeвнeм Pимe уcыпaть cвoё лoжe лeпecткaми poз]May was at the mechanical piano player, producing the popular ballad: 'Don't you worry, little pet. Hey, you Kid: I'll get you yet. Life is all a bed of roses when wise guys like us rub noses' (S. Lewis). You have found out that matrimony isn't all a bed of roses (E. S. Gardner)
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