rose garden

See also: rosegarden and rose-garden

English

Alternative forms

Noun

rose garden (plural rose gardens)

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

Related terms

rosarium

Translations

garden planted in roses

Finnish: ruusutarha
German: Rosengarten (de) m, Rosarium (de) n
Greek: ροδόκηπος (el) m (rodókipos), ροδώνας (el) m (rodónas)
Icelandic: rósagarður m
Japanese: 薔薇園 (ばらえん, baraen)
Latin: rosētum n

Maltese: wardija
Persian: گلزار‎ (fa) (golzâr)
Romanian: grădină de trandafiri 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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