rose e fiori

Italian

Noun

rose e fiori m (uncountable)

  1. sunshine and rainbows, beer and skittles, bed of roses
    La vita non è tutta rose e fiori.
    Life is not all sunshine and rainbows.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rose,‎ e,‎ fiori.
    • c. 1915–1918, “Il testamento del capitano”, performed by Mina, published 1976:
      L'ultimo pezzo alle montagne // che lo fioriscano di rose e fior.
      The last piece [shall be given] to the mountains, // which shall cover him of roses and flowers.
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