bed of roses —(usually negat.) said of a pleasant, easy condition of life:
- Post war Hungary was no bed of roses. Political oppression permeated every facet of life….
Cf.: bed of thorns—said of a situation of anxiety and apprehension:
- It was a bed of thorns every hour of every day all through the making of the film.
rose bed—a flowerbed of roses:
- Since I cannot separate lavender from roses in my mind, I plant clumps of it around my rose beds.