peaches and cream
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4.6
- idiom
- /ˈpiːtʃɪz ənd kriːm/
- Informal
:
todo es color de rosa
- Life will be peaches and cream
- peaches and cream every day
Examples
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This doesn't mean that things will always be peaches and cream, but it does mean that I shouldn't be getting stressed out by some of the things that I do; these things are only temporal.
Blog text (17) -
But life isn't always peaches and cream, and no one is perfect.
Blog text (6) -
But other than that, it was all peaches and cream.
Blog text (4) -
It's not peaches and cream all the time.
Blog text (20) -
I guess it can't all be peaches and cream, right?
Blog text (22) -
On the boardwalk in Atlantic City, life will be peaches and cream.
Fiction book (1991) -
Life feels like peaches and cream when you spend time with your best friends.
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After finishing my project, everything was peaches and cream for the rest of the week.
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Winning the championship made the whole season feel like peaches and cream.
Synonyms
5
8.8
To say that something is very good or pleasant, often in a sarcastic way to mean the opposite
Antonyms
How Pleasant
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase combines two pleasant food items so a B1 learner who knows 'peach' and 'cream' can infer a positive, pleasant quality, but the leap from literal foods to describing a harmonious situation or relationship is metaphorical and idiomatic. The specific pragmatic meaning (very pleasant or harmonious) is not fully predictable from the parts without prior exposure, so it is only partially transparent.
Etymology
Peaches and cream may come from the image of sweet peaches served with smooth cream, a simple dessert that feels soft and very pleasant. That's why the phrase is used to describe something that is 'pleasant' or 'harmonious'.