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.
See also: bed, not, of, rose

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Takaratah-kah-ṙahJapanese
CosimoKAW-zee-maw, KO-zi-moItalian
Gerardjə-RAHRD (English), JER-ərd (English), KHAY-rahrt (Dutch), GE-rahrt (Polish)English, Dutch, Catalan, Polish
EmilE-mil (Swedish), E-meel (German, Polish), e-MEEL (English)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Romanian, Bulgarian, Czech, Polish, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian,
Modeste-French
DÉSirÉde-zee-REFrench