a situation of luxurious ease; a highly agreeable position:
Caring for a houseful of active kids is no bed of roses.
Origin
1800-10
Examples from the web for bed of roses
But then the life of a wolf is no bed of roses either.
Life is too a bed of roses, you can tell from all the thorns.
At the same time the position of the leaders is by no means a bed of roses.
Slang definitions & phrases for bed of roses
bed of roses
noun phrase
A luxurious situation; a highly agreeable position: his life's a bed of roses
Idioms and Phrases with bed of roses
bed of roses
A comfortable or luxurious position, as in Taking care of these older patients is no bed of roses. This metaphor, first recorded in 1635, is often used in a negative context, as in the example. Also see bowl of cherries