| 词汇 | life is just a bowl of cherries |
| 词源 | life is just a bowl of cherries. Attempts have been made to link this expression with a much older one, life is but a cherry- fair. However, the older phrase, from the early 17th century, means life is all too short and fleeting, as short as the annual En- glish fairs held in orchards where cherries were sold each spring. Evanescence is not the spirit of life is just a bowl of cherries—which means life is joyous, wonderful, and which seems to have originally been the title of a popular song of the late 19th century. |
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