rozengeur en maneschijn

English translation: a bed of roses

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Dutch term or phrase:rozengeur en maneschijn
English translation:a bed of roses
Entered by: Dave Greatrix

11:08 Jan 3, 2003
Dutch to English translations [Non-PRO]
Dutch term or phrase: rozengeur en maneschijn
en dan zeggen sommigen ook nog dat het leven van een student rozengeur en maneschijn is!
Marga
a bed of roses
Explanation:
This would be very commonly used by English speakers in this context.

Life on campus is not a bed of roses (part 1) - Colleges at ...
... Natali Lekka is BellaOnline's Colleges Host. Life on campus is not a bed of
roses (part 1). Unfortunately, campus life is not always a bed of roses. ...
www.bellaonline.com/articles/art1241.asp - 23k - Cached - Similar pages

Eagle Insurance - Personal Lines
... in time. Then, throughout life you will have to keep at the back
of your mind that life is not always a bed of roses¡­.. It is ...
www.eagle.com.lk/personalLines.html - 15k - Cached - Similar pages

Melissa Hill - The Smart Woman's Guide - Personal Stories
... When Alasdair (number four of six children) arrived I opted out of work and
the pressure was off. Of course Life is not always a bed of roses. ...
www.melissahill.co.uk/swg_stories9.shtml - 12k - Cached - Similar pages

Language Tips/Kaleidoscope-Puzzling Words1
... 3. bed of roses£ºÒâ˼ÊdzÆÐÄÈçÒâµÄ¾³Óö£»ÃÀºÃ¡¢ÀíÏëµÄ"°²ÀÖÎÑ"(everything
seems to be wonderful) ÀýÈ磺Life is not always a bed of roses. ...
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Dave Greatrix
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:06
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Summary of answers provided
5 +9a bed of roses
Dave Greatrix
4 +4all fun and games
AllisonK (X)
4 +2nothing but fun
Havona
5 +1Living the life of Reilly
Adam Smith
4 +1all roses; all lovely
Henk Peelen
5smooth sea
João Carlos Pijnappel
5is all beer and skittles
LouisV (X)
3Moonlight and Roses
eldira


  

Answers


5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
all roses; all lovely


Explanation:
het is alles rozegeur en maneschijn = it is all roses, it is all lovely

Henk Peelen
Netherlands
Local time: 17:06
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in pair: 756

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Pieter_H
7 mins
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
smooth sea


Explanation:
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that\'s it

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And some people would even say that a student\'s life is always sailing on a smooth sea!

João Carlos Pijnappel
Local time: 13:06
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in pair: 18

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  AllisonK (X): I believe the expression is "smooth sailing"
1 hr
  -> And I believe both expressions exist, but in this case you need the nominal and not the verbal one

neutral  Dave Greatrix: The maritime related expression is "plain sailing"
12 hrs

neutral  writeaway: smooth or plain, sailing it is
1 day 2 hrs
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
nothing but fun


Explanation:
Afhankelijk van de context en stijl van de tekst kan dit ook een goede vertaling zijn.

HTH,
Iris

[dus: that a student's life is nothing but fun.]

Havona
Netherlands
Local time: 17:06
PRO pts in pair: 56

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marijke Mayer
10 mins

agree  Satie
13 mins
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Living the life of Reilly


Explanation:
Something like, ...some people say students are just living the life of Reilly.

Life of Reilly = easy life = dolce vita

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e.g. This attitude is often prevalent in student unions, due to the belief that the media is biased against collective organisations, and portrays students as living the life of riley.

ref. http://www.enablis.co.uk/nus.wales/info4.html

Adam Smith
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:06
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 1145

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Marijke Mayer: Pray, who is Reilly? It might be better to use something more general for a broad public, such as your suggestion,: "you might think students have it easy, but . . . "
10 mins
  -> Or Riley (as writeaway points out): It's quite a common expression, for living an easy life! :-)

neutral  writeaway: or Riley. Larousse defines it as 'mener une vie de Pacha' -live a life of ease, but I think it has more to do with the ups as in ups and downs than just material well being
33 mins
  -> e.g. "live in a comfortable and carefree existence", ref. http://users.tinyonline.co.uk/gswithenbank/sayingsl.htm, i.e. rose and moonshine!

agree  Henk Peelen
1 hr
  -> Thanks!
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
all fun and games


Explanation:
another possibility....the full translation could then be: "...and some even say that a student's life is all fun and games!"

AllisonK (X)
Netherlands
Local time: 17:06
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 541

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  vixen
1 hr
  -> thanks!

agree  Peter Luyckx
4 hrs
  -> thanks!

agree  Tina Vonhof (X)
14 hrs
  -> Thanks!

agree  writeaway: how much is fun and games depends on where you go to school and/or what kind of student you are (at least as far as the US is concerned)
1 day 1 hr
  -> oh so true! I only found the library my sr. year....
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +9
a bed of roses


Explanation:
This would be very commonly used by English speakers in this context.

Life on campus is not a bed of roses (part 1) - Colleges at ...
... Natali Lekka is BellaOnline's Colleges Host. Life on campus is not a bed of
roses (part 1). Unfortunately, campus life is not always a bed of roses. ...
www.bellaonline.com/articles/art1241.asp - 23k - Cached - Similar pages

Eagle Insurance - Personal Lines
... in time. Then, throughout life you will have to keep at the back
of your mind that life is not always a bed of roses¡­.. It is ...
www.eagle.com.lk/personalLines.html - 15k - Cached - Similar pages

Melissa Hill - The Smart Woman's Guide - Personal Stories
... When Alasdair (number four of six children) arrived I opted out of work and
the pressure was off. Of course Life is not always a bed of roses. ...
www.melissahill.co.uk/swg_stories9.shtml - 12k - Cached - Similar pages

Language Tips/Kaleidoscope-Puzzling Words1
... 3. bed of roses£ºÒâ˼ÊdzÆÐÄÈçÒâµÄ¾³Óö£»ÃÀºÃ¡¢ÀíÏëµÄ"°²ÀÖÎÑ"(everything
seems to be wonderful) ÀýÈ磺Life is not always a bed of roses. ...
language.chinadaily.com.cn/focus/ 2002/puzzle%20words/word1.html


Dave Greatrix
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:06
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 1747

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Satie
7 mins

agree  blomguib (X)
1 hr

agree  Peter Luyckx
1 hr

agree  AllisonK (X): Thank you! THAT'S the one I was looking for!
2 hrs

agree  Catherine Romanik (X)
4 hrs

agree  João Carlos Pijnappel: yes this is the best choice I guess
8 hrs

agree  Tina Vonhof (X)
11 hrs

agree  joeky janusch
20 hrs

agree  Jacqueline van der Spek
1 day 19 hrs
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
is all beer and skittles


Explanation:
strictly UK expression

LouisV (X)
Australia
Local time: 03:06
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 166
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17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Moonlight and Roses


Explanation:
Titel van een lied

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Moonlight and Roses. A touching song about that ... Lyrics. Moonlight And
Roses Words And Music By: Cheryl Wheeler. I don\'t need moonlight ...
www.cherylwheeler.com/songs/mar.html

eldira
Indonesia
Local time: 23:06
Native speaker of: Native in IndonesianIndonesian
PRO pts in pair: 58
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