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be not a bed of roses
be not a bed of roses
To be a challenging and/or unpleasant situation. Of course that project is not a bed of roses—why else would they assign it to a lowly intern like me? Being around my ex-boyfriend is not a bed of roses.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Tsetseg | | - | Mongolian |
| Payam | | - | Persian |
| Catherine | | ka-tə-REEN (French), ka-TREEN (French), KATH-ə-rin (English), KATH-rin (English) | French, English |
| Dinah | | DIE-nə (English) | Biblical, Biblical Hebrew, English |
| Enoch | | ['i:nɔk] | |
| Gilda | | - | Italian, Portuguese |