peaches and cream

peaches and cream (uncountable)

1. (idiomatic) A very enjoyable experience. Usually used to describe something being unrealistically idyllic.
   • 1991, Piers Anthony, And Eternity, page 209

     Those Incarnations — they've got real jobs to do! It isn't all peaches and cream for them, any more than for us!

   • 1995, Albert Ramsdell Gurney, John Cheever, A Cheever Evening: A New Play Based on the Stories of John Cheever, page 26

     When I was little, I thought life was peaches and cream.

   • 2002, Tony Stewart, True Speed: My Racing Life, page 44

     I'm not trying to make it sound like life as part of a championship-level race team is all peaches and cream. Nothing in life is all peaches and cream.

2. Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see peach,‎ cream.

peaches and cream (comparative more peaches and cream, superlative most peaches and cream)

1. (idiomatic) Of facial complexion: smooth, unblemished, with attractive yellow-pink coloring.

• peaches-and-cream

• beer and skittles
• bowl of cherries