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rosy
(redirected from rosier)

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Everything in the garden is rosy.
something that you say which means that there are no problems in a situation (often negative) But not everything in the garden is rosy. Sales may look good but they're actually 10% down on last year.
See lead up the garden path
See also: everything, garden

paint a [bleak/rosy etc.] picture of something

to describe a situation in a particular way The article paints a bleak (= hopeless) picture of the future. He painted a rosy (= happy) picture of family life.
See also: paint, picture


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