coming up roses

idiom

informal
: turning out to be good
Now that he finally has a job, everything's coming up roses for him.

Examples of coming up roses in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web But everything’s coming up roses, or ranunculus in this case, for the 2021 season. San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2021 Fortunately, everything is coming up roses in this new post-Kardashians chapter of her life. Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 28 Sep. 2020 Everything’s coming up roses. Anika Reed, USA TODAY, 9 Feb. 2023 Everything's coming up roses thanks to this holiday-ready hair mist and hand cream set from Diptyque that nicely arrives in a gilded gift bag for the perfect handoff. Tiffany Dodson, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 Feb. 2023 Romance is in the air as connections deepen, but not all is coming up roses when Logan decides to confess feelings that send the ship, and our leading ladies, spinning. Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 8 Aug. 2022 Everything was coming up roses—and other florals—when Charlene and Albert took their son Prince Jacques to the annual traditional 'Pique Nique Monegasque' celebration in 2016. Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 11 June 2022 Everything's coming up roses — or Pillow Talk, rather — for Britney Spears. Kirbie Johnson, Allure, 10 June 2022 With the spring of 2022 fully sprung, theaters and other performing arts venues are finally fully open, but everything is not coming up roses. Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2022

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“Coming up roses.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coming%20up%20roses. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.

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