Wiktionary
n. 1 (&lit a bed of roses English) 2 (context idiomatic English) A pleasant or easy situation; an untroubled existence.
WordNet
n. a flower bed in which roses are growing [syn: rose bed]
Wikipedia
Bed of Roses (1933) is a Pre-Code comedy film co-written and directed by Gregory La Cava and starring Constance Bennett. The picture was released by RKO Radio Pictures with a supporting cast featuring Joel McCrea and Pert Kelton.
"Bed of Roses" is a rock song released by Bon Jovi in late January 1993, from the album Keep the Faith. Jon Bon Jovi wrote the song in a hotel room while suffering from a hangover and the lyrics reflects his feelings at the time. The song contains drawn out guitar riffs and soft piano playing, along with emotive and high vocals by Jon Bon Jovi.
The song's power ballad style made it a worldwide hit, and it demonstrated the band's new, more mature sound after their success as a glam metal band in the 1980s. Released as a successful single in 1993, it reached #10 on the Billboard Hot 100, #5 on the top 40 mainstream, #13 in the UK Top 40, and #10 in the German Top 100.
A Spanish version, "Cama de Rosas," was also recorded.
Bed of Roses is an Australian comedy drama television series which first screened on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) from 10 May 2008. It stars Kerry Armstrong ( SeaChange and Lantana) and was created by Jutta Goetze and Elizabeth Coleman; produced by Mark Ruse ( Kath & Kim, The Games) and Stephen Luby ( Crackerjack).
Bed of roses is an English expression, which means an easy and peaceful life. Most likely based on a rose representing happiness and love, so a bed of roses would represent a very happy life, e.g., "Just because you sleep on a bed of roses," meaning "Just because you've got an easy life."
The expression is from a line in Christopher Marlowe's poem The Passionate Shepherd to His Love. This was published posthumously in 1599; Marlowe died in 1593.
And I will make thee beds of roses
And a thousand fragrant posies,
A cap of flowers, and a kirtle
Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle;
- Bed of roses, an English expression which means an easy and peaceful life
Bed of Roses may refer to:
Bed of Roses is the second book of the Bride Quartet series, written by Nora Roberts. It focuses around the character of florist Emmaline "Emma" Grant.
"Bed of Roses" is a song by the American alternative rock group Screaming Trees. It is the only single released in support of their fifth album Uncle Anesthesia. The song made number thirty-two on John Sellers' "The 100 Most Underrated Indie Rock Songs" list.
Usage examples of "bed of roses".
He crossed to a bed of roses, glanced at their first-prize ribbons, and snipped the stem off an exquisite dwarf Yellow Princess.
But, thorns were springing up under his bed of roses, as he soon found out.
A young man brought them a tray of wine and fruit and the King sat on a curved seat by a bed of roses.
He kicked the cottage door open and laid her down on the threadbare mattress as if it were a bed of roses.