rose garden

See also: rosegarden and rose-garden

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Noun

rose garden (plural rose gardens)

(literally) A garden devoted primarily to roses.
Synonyms: rosarium, rosary
(idiomatic) A highly desirable situation.
- 1969, Joe South, “Rose Garden”:
  I beg your pardon, / I never promised you a rose garden. / Along with the sunshine, / There's gotta be a little rain sometimes

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Rose Garden rubbish

Translations

garden planted in roses

Danish: rosenhave c
Dutch: rozentuin (nl) m
Finnish: ruusutarha
French: roseraie (fr) f
German: Rosengarten (de) m, Rosarium (de) n
Greek: ροδόκηπος (el) m (rodókipos), ροδώνας (el) m (rodónas)
Ancient: ῥοδεών m (rhodeṓn)
Icelandic: rósagarður m
Italian: roseto (it) m
Japanese: 薔薇園 (ja) (ばらえん, baraen)
Latin: rosētum n
Maltese: wardija
Persian: گلزار (fa) (golzâr)
Polish: rosarium (pl) n
Portuguese: roseiral (pt)
Romanian: grădină de trandafiri f
Spanish: rosal (es) m, rosaleda (es) f
Turkish: gül bahçesi, (obsolete) gülistan (tr)
Ukrainian: роза́рій m (rozárij)
Volapük: rosadagad

highly desirable situation

Finnish: ruusutarha
Turkish: gülistan (tr), güllük gülistanlık (tr)

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Dutch: ^{(please verify)} rozentuin (nl)
Latin: ^{(please verify)} rosārium n

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