coming up roses

ADJECTIVE

lucky

Synonyms

STRONGEST

fortuitous happy hot successful

WEAK

advantageous adventitious all systems go auspicious beneficial benign blessed charmed everything going favored felicitous getting a break golden hit it big holding aces hopeful in the groove into something on a roll on a streak promising propitious prosperous providential serendipitous striking it rich timely well

Antonyms

STRONGEST

unlucky

WEAK

bad inopportune unfortunate unpropitious unsuccessful

Example Sentences

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Yet she appeared on Broadway only from time to time over a seven-decade career in film, theater and television in which there were also years when nothing seemed to be coming up roses.

From New York Times • Oct. 11, 2022

With the spring of 2022 fully sprung, theaters and other performing arts venues are finally fully open, but everything is not coming up roses.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2022

Everything in life is coming up roses after George has a chance encounter with a hand modeling agent in season 5, episode 2.

From Washington Post • Jun. 12, 2020

Indeed there is, and long may it continue coming up roses.

From The Guardian • Jun. 4, 2019

But other than that, life was coming up roses.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi

coming up roses

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